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Patrick Boyle On Finance — Scott Bessent Is at War With Prices — and Prices Are Winning!
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 72%44m·2026-08-30·Money

Scott Bessent Is at War With Prices — and Prices Are Winning!

Patrick Boyle On Finance · 35

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to force down US Treasury yields with surprise bond buybacks — and it isn't working. In this video we break down Bessent's activist debt management strategy, why doubling the Treasury's long-dated buybacks is a bet on falling interest rates funded by short-term bills, and why…

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This channel is on a mad quality streak. Congratulations Patrick

@upsidecloud8700 · YouTube comment

They should make a movie about this: The Killing Yields.

@ronald2069 · YouTube comment

Apparently the bond market is only 2 weeks away from having a nuke

@Paulo-jl3tk · YouTube comment

"spending your rent money to day-trade your own IOUs because you didn't like the price the pawn shop quoted". This is art, Patrick...Art!

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