Treasury announces upscaled buyback operation for longer-term debt, se, 10s -1bp · desk brief, Wed 19 Aug 2026
Treasuries (close 2026-08-18): 2s 4.19% (+0.0bp), 10s 4.71% (-1.0bp), 30s 5.28% (-3.0bp).
Tape (close 2026-08-18): VIX 15.84, 2s10s +46bp.
Narrative: Rick Scott: Trump will have to resume full war with Iran
What mattered:
• Treasury announces upscaled buyback operation for longer-term debt, sending yields lower
• U.S. Treasury expands long-end buybacks amid elevated yields
• Long-Dated Treasuries Rally as Treasury Boosts Bond Buybacks
• Eurozone · Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM): 0.2
• Borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs
- 20-Year Bond auction — IN LINE
- 17-Week (4-month) Bill auction — IN LINE
- EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change: -0.54M
- EIA Gasoline Stocks Change: 0.69M
- EIA Distillate Stocks Change: -1.53M
- EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change: 4.41M
- Cleveland Fed inflation nowcast: Q3 CPI 1.2% · core CPI 1.9% · PCE 2.3% · core PCE 2.9%
- Money markets: SOFR 3.65% (-1bp) · Fed ON RRP $0.2B (-$0.1B d/d)
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