Shafaqna English– Long-dated sovereign bond yields around the world retreated from multi‑decade peaks on Wednesday(19 Aug 2026), while the dollar weakened and gold rallied. The moves came after the U.S. Treasury pledged to increase liquidity backstops for longer‑term paper, reacting to a market rout fueled by anxiety over ballooning public debt.
The Treasury Department announced it would double the size of its buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities, raising the amount to at least $4 billion per operation from the previous $2 billion, as part of its liquidity support efforts.
Source: Reuters