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Bessent's $6bn bond operation fails to cool US borrowing-cost surge

9/11/2026

US borrowing costs have continued climbing against the backdrop of a Treasury intervention that investors warn was too modest to shift the trend.

Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, put a $6 billion bond operation into the market. It has not broken what participants are now describing as a fever in the bond market.

The operation was aimed at stemming the recent surge in borrowing costs. The $6 billion deployed by Bessent's Treasury, in their assessment, falls well short of what the current rate environment demands.

A bond market running this kind of fever keeps the discount rate elevated across fixed income.

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