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Treasury buybacks, fiscal risks and long-end Kryptonite
The US Treasury’s surprise decision to double the size of its regular long-end bond buybacks has reignited debate about how governments can manage rising borrowing needs and weaker demand for longer-dated debt.
In this episode, Imogen Bachra is joined by Stuart Sparks and Oriane Parmentier to assess what the Treasury’s move is really designed to achieve – and whether it can do anything to address the underlying fiscal pressures facing the US.
The discussion also looks at the UK’s experience of reducing the average maturity of government borrowing, and why this may offer a warning to other…
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