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Posted on 03/17/2026 7:25:06 AM PDT by delta7
The US Department of the Treasury completed a record $14.7 billion debt buyback operation on March 10, 2026 with settlement on March 11, 2026. This marks the largest single Treasury buyback in history. The operation targeted nominal coupon securities maturing between April 15, 2026, and February 29, 2028.
The Treasury had announced a maximum par amount of $15 billion to be redeemed, but accepted $14.697 billion in par value from offers totaling nearly $41 billion submitted by participants. This buyback is part of the Treasury’s regular debt management strategy, which includes: Improving liquidity in the massive US Treasury market over $27 trillion in outstanding debt.
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That’s 14.7 billion less to pay interest on.
I think...
“Most have no idea what this means...”
As OP you should give us an evaluation instead of insults.
Seems like a trivial amount.
Agreed. It’s a buyback of Treasuries that were paying higher interest rates—since interest rates are lower now than when the Treasuries were issued.
Agreed, but at least it is a step in the right direction.
With that reply, not sure you understand what is going on. How does the US treasury pay down debt if not by buying the bonds back or paying them off at expiration?
Seems like we are issuing new debt with a lower interest rate to retire old debt with a higher interest rate.
It would be more exciting to be eliminating the debt entirely by using tariffs or a budget surplus . As if...
I may not be quite as anti-debt as Dave Ramsey, but close. Every little nibble helps.
Our debt is the biggest single threat to a functioning US.
“Most have no idea what this means....the Snake eating it’s tail comes to mind.”
You are culling suckers from the field?
Yes, it’s good news, probably based on using tariff revenue to reduce high interest debt.
14 BILLION is .05 percent of our national debt.
That was my initial read as well.
Good post.
Okay, I will bite
“When the Treasury repurchases securities, it isn’t always reducing the net liability — it can be re-profiling maturities or sterilizing issuance. That difference matters: policy tools that look like fiscal discipline can in practice be market support actions, masking the structural funding gap”
https://timehealthcapital.com/the-real-reason-the-treasury-is-buying-back-so-much-debt/
In short, there is a funding problem. This acknowledges more countries are ditching our debt instruments. Manageable, but for how long?
0.05% > 0.00%
I remember at the end of the Clinton presidency it was lauded how there was no deficit under his leadership, but there was no lowering of the debt.
“Most have no idea what this means....”
Silver down 10% over past weeķ?
“Most have no idea what this means....the Snake eating it’s tail comes to mind.”
It means no one wanted the debt (wonder why), so they simply PRINTED the money anyway.
“In short, there is a funding problem. This acknowledges more countries are ditching our debt instruments. Manageable, but for how long?”
Your article is from Sept 2025.
Foreign countries were net buyers for all of 2025.
Stop trying to fool suckers with your fake data.
“With that reply, not sure you understand what is going on. “
To understand his reply you have to know that delta7 is a shill for a convicted scammer.
This site has banned his direct promotion so delta7 has to be subtle is his methods of calling suckers.
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