Bessent Addresses His Mentor's Criticism Of U.S. Debt Buybacks, Defends Intervening In The Market
Bessent said the buybacks can ease yields temporarily as Treasury expands repurchases amid criticism that the move will not fix fiscal pressures.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the administration's recent bond market interventions on Monday, pushing back against criticism from his investing mentor, billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller.
- In an August 24 Wall Street Journal op-ed, Druckenmiller criticized the Treasury's debt repurchase expansion, calling the decision a "mistake" that ignores fiscal fundamentals driving borrowing costs.
- "You can't buy your way out of a solvency conversation with liquidity tools," Druckenmiller argued, adding that "governments defending prices against fundamentals always lose."
- Bessent countered that the United States bond market remains the "best performing market since the president came in," claiming yields are "flat since the president came in."
- Meanwhile, total federal debt recently crossed $40 trillion, and the 2026 budget deficit is on track to exceed $2 trillion, underscoring underlying fiscal pressures.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defends the expansion of the US government bond buyback program and resists criticism from the investor Stanley Druckenmiller.
Bessent Addresses His Mentor's Criticism Of U.S. Debt Buybacks, Defends Intervening In The Market
"Stan's a great investor, but what I would point out is that again, the U.S. bond market has been the best performing market since the president came in," Bessent said about Stanley Druckenmiller.
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