{"id":602479,"date":"2026-09-01T10:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/602479\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:04:19","slug":"a-treasury-showdown-with-the-bond-market-the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/602479\/","title":{"rendered":"A Treasury showdown with the bond market : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/.png\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2600x1463+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6b%2F8e%2Fb3f2f2a24b9398cb29a55ad2cff4%2Ff96f5652-ccad-42d4-9045-4cf221803dab.png\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Reporters ask U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questions. \" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Why is the U.S. Treasury planning to buyback at least double the number of long-dated government bonds it usually does? And will Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent\u2019s buyback plan pit him against both the bond markets and the Federal Reserve? Today we explain what the Treasury\u2019s up to and what it means for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fact checking by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/1268825622\/sierra-juarez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sierra Juarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your Next Listen\u00a0<br \/>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/vYbcaXWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bond vigilantes. Who they are, what they want, and how you&#8217;ll know they&#8217;re coming<br \/><\/a><br \/>Connect with The Indicator\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/npr.org\/indicatornewsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Indicator\u2019s weekly newsletter<\/a>!\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 Buy the <a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/i3AukBdDWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Planet Money book<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 Find our <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/indicator_npr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">socials, YouTube and more<\/a>!\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 For sponsor-free episodes, <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.npr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to NPR+<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plus.npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images Why is the U.S. Treasury planning to buyback at least double the number of long-dated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,85,46],"class_list":["post-602479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}