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title: Treasury announces upscaled buyback operation
description: "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."
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DAILY BRIEF
              19 Aug 2026, 21:05 UTC



# 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






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