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FT News Briefing · US Treasury tries to soothe the bond market · 20 Aug 2026 podcast

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I'm Sonia Hudson, Informark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

The US Treasury is trying to contain a bond sell-off in order to keep borrowing costs from rising further.

It announced yesterday it would at least double purchases of long-term government debt.

But will that strategy work?

Here to tell us is the FT's Claire Jones.

Hi, Claire.

Hi, Sonia.

Can you explain the Treasury's thinking here?

Why would buying government debt help limit the sell-off?

What kind of reaction did we see to this plan yesterday?

So, Claire, as we discussed on the show earlier this week, one of the reasons for the bond sell-off is inflation fears.

And we got some more information yesterday about how the members of the Federal Reserve are thinking about price pressures, right?

So investors are watching inflation closely.

They're also looking at the US government debt level, which actually hit forty trillion dollars yesterday.

With that in mind, is the Treasury's strategy of buying more US government debt enough to calm the bond market?

In and

Claire Jones is the FT's US economics editor.

Thanks, Claire.

Thanks, Sonya.

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