“美联储传声筒”：美国财政部扩大美债回购规模，或因官员对市场走势感到担忧

The Fed's mouthpiece, Nick Timiraos, wrote that the U.S. Treasury Department announced it will raise the single-auction repurchase limit for long-dated nominal coupon Treasuries from $2 billion to at least $4 billion starting September 9.

Timiraos, citing interest rate strategists, noted that the timing of this decision is noteworthy: it comes only about two weeks after the Treasury's last quarterly refunding announcement, and just hours after the department had originally planned to auction $16 billion in 20-year Treasuries. This unconventional timing may suggest that Treasury officials "are not comfortable with what is happening in the market."