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Why Bessent’s Efforts to Soothe the Bond Market Have So Far Proven Ineffectual

Why Bessent’s Efforts to Soothe the Bond Market Have So Far Proven Ineffectual

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August 21st, 2026

Why Bessent’s Efforts to Soothe the Bond Market Have So Far Proven Ineffectual

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Despite Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's strenuous efforts to curb long-term borrowing costs, interest rates rebounded on Thursday, underscoring Wall Street investors' persistent apprehensions regarding the swelling of government debt, the substantial leveraging by technology enterprises, and the Federal Reserve's commitment to curbing inflation.

尽管财政部长斯科特·贝森特竭力遏制长期借贷成本利率仍在周四出现反弹凸显出华尔街投资者政府债务膨胀科技企业大规模举债以及美联储遏制通胀承诺持续忧虑

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note, a pivotal benchmark for mortgage rates, rebounded to 4.69% on Thursday, nearly reverting to its Wednesday morning level.

10年期美国国债收益率作为抵押贷款利率的关键基准周四回升至4.69%几乎重返周三早间水平

On Wednesday, Bessent unexpectedly announced that the Treasury would double the scale of its bond buyback program from $2 billion to $4 billion per operation starting next month, a move that sent shockwaves through the financial markets.

周三贝森特出人意料地宣布财政部将自下月起把债券回购计划的规模从每次20亿美元翻倍至40亿美元,此举令金融市场为之震动

The buybacks are designed to curtail the supply of 10- to 30-year bonds, thereby elevating their prices.

回购旨在削减10年至30年期债券的供应量从而推高其价格

As bond prices ascend, yields correspondingly descend.

债券价格上扬之际,收益率则相应走低

In an interview on CNBC on Thursday, Bessent asserted that the scale of the bond repurchase program might surpass the pivotal threshold of $4 billion.

贝森特于周四在CNBC的访谈中宣称债券回购计划的规模或将突破40亿美元这一关键门槛

Given the exceptionally ample policy tools at our disposal, we shall undertake a prudent and comprehensive assessment of the situation,” Bessent remarked, “and we contend that the current trajectory of the yield curve fails to faithfully reflect the underlying fundamentals.

鉴于我们手中握有极为充裕的政策工具我们将对局势进行审慎而全面的评估,”贝森特指出,“我们认为当前收益率曲线的走势并未如实映射出基本面的真实状况

The ascent in bond yields has precipitated a commensurate escalation in borrowing costs borne by consumers and corporations alike, while the Trump administration has elevated the suppression of interest rates to a paramount imperative.

债券收益率的攀升致使消费者与企业所承担的借贷成本水涨船高特朗普政府已将压低利率奉为当务之急。

As mortgage rates have continued their upward trajectory throughout the year, residential purchasing activity has exhibited a pronounced contraction.

随着今年抵押贷款利率的持续上行住宅购置活动已呈显著萎缩之势

President Donald Trump has repeatedly urged the Federal Reserve to implement rate cuts, yet the current upward trajectory of interest rates is primarily driven by financial markets.

总统唐纳德·特朗普屡次敦促美联储实施降息然而当前利率上行态势主要金融市场所驱动

The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond climbed to 5.23% on Thursday, only marginally retreating from the nineteen-year peak it had reached on Tuesday.

30年期国债收益率于周四攀升至5.23%周二触及十九年峰值略有回落

Bessent further elucidated that the Trump administration is poised to unveil a novel initiative aimed at curtailing the federal budget deficit, with the earliest possible formal announcement slated for Monday.

贝森特进一步阐明特朗普政府即将宣布一项旨在削减联邦预算赤字新举措最早或于周一正式揭晓

He adamantly asserted that the deficit for the current fiscal year will reach its zenith, attributing this, in part, to the transitory factor of tariff rebates, which have artificially inflated the deficit figures.

坚称本年度赤字将达到峰值部分原因在于关税退税这一临时性因素推高了赤字水平

Notwithstanding the persistently elevated fiscal deficits of yesteryear, the nation's aggregate debt surged past the forty-trillion-dollar threshold on Wednesday, setting a staggering historical precedent, mere months after the debt had first breached the thirty-nine-trillion-dollar milestone in April.

尽管财政赤字在过往岁月中始终居高不下,然而周三国家总债务一举突破四十万亿美元大关创下令人瞠目的历史纪录,而仅在数月前的四月,国债规模才首次跨越三十九万亿美元的里程碑

Moreover, the Congressional Budget Office estimated earlier this week that the annual shortfall between government revenue and expenditure would exceed two trillion dollars this yeara figure that is nothing short of alarming in the absence of an economic recession.

此外国会预算办公室于本周早些时候估算本年度政府收支之间的年度缺口将逾两万亿美元此等数额在非经济衰退时期堪称骇人听闻

However, Gennadiy Goldberg, the head of U.S. interest rate strategy at TD Securities, underscored that the decisive authority to curtail the deficit rests, in essence, with Congress, rather than being subject to the Treasury's sway.

然而道明证券美国利率策略主管根纳季·戈德堡强调削减赤字的决定性权柄实质上掌握在国会手中,而非财政部所能左右。

"What we have observed is that the market still harbors considerable skepticism as to whether the Treasury possesses both the capacity and the inclination to underpin these measures," Goldberg remarked.

我们所观察到的,乃是市场对于财政部是否具备能力意愿去支撑这些举措仍存有相当程度的疑虑,”戈德堡如是言道

Another factor propelling yields upward lies in the massive debt financing undertaken by technology behemoths to construct artificial intelligence data centers.

推高收益率的另一驱动因素在于科技巨头为构建人工智能数据中心而大规模举债融资

The sheer magnitude of their bond issuance affords bond investors a more ample array of options, thereby depressing bond prices and, conversely, driving yields higher.

其债券发行量之巨为债券投资者提供了更为充裕的选择余地进而压低债券价格反向推升收益率

Inflation continues to pose a latent threat, its roots lying in the persistent volatility of the geopolitical landscapemarkets harbour profound misgivings over when the conflict in Iran might conclude and whether tankers will once again navigate the Strait of Hormuz unhindered, and this very uncertainty is inexorably driving up oil prices.

通胀依旧构成潜在威胁其根源在于地缘政治局势持续动荡——市场伊朗战事何时终结、油轮能否再度自由穿越波斯湾航道均存有深刻疑虑,而这一不确定性正不断推高油价

On Thursday, oil prices surged anew following Trump's proclamation that Iran would face "the most severe economic blow any nation has ever endured."

周四特朗普扬言伊朗将遭受任何国家有史以来最严厉的经济打击”之后,油价再度飙升

Brent crude has already approached $94 per barrel, whereas the benchmark stood at approximately $72 prior to the onset of hostilities.

布伦特原油价格逼近每桶94美元战前该基准价格约为72美元

The Federal Reserve has long resorted to raising its benchmark interest rate as a means of curbing inflation, with the aim of dampening borrowing and spending so as to cool an overheated economy.

美联储惯常以调升基准利率作为遏制通胀之策旨在抑制借贷与支出,从而为过热经济降温

However, the newly appointed Federal Reserve Chair, Kevin Warsh, has thus far refrained from offering any unequivocal indication as to whether the Fed will indeed adopt such a measure.

然而新任美联储主席凯文·沃什迄今未就美联储是否会采取此举作出明确表态

At his most recent press conference in late July, his remarks concerning whether a rate hike truly constitutes the judicious course of action gave rise to considerable ambiguity.

在七月底最近一次新闻发布会上,他对加息是否确为得当之举的表述引发了歧义

He further intimated that the Federal Reserve might, in the not-too-distant future, recalibrate its core metric for monitoring inflation, a gauge whose target threshold has been set at 2%.

进一步暗示美联储或将在不久后对其用于监测通胀的核心指标进行校准该指标的目标阈值被设定为2%

By the yardstick favoured by the Fed, inflation has now persistently exceeded this level for upwards of five consecutive years, registering 3.7% as of June.

依据美联储所青睐的衡量标准通胀率已连续五年有余持续高于这一水平截至6月份录得3.7%

Mark Cabana, head of US interest rate strategy at BofA Securities, posited that a principal catalyst for the escalation in borrowing costs "is none other than the market's profound skepticism regarding the Federal Reserve's trajectory for curbing inflation, coupled with the pervasive uncertainty enveloping the contingency measures it might adopt should the established blueprint deviate from expectations."

美国银行证券美国利率策略主管马克·卡巴纳指出借贷成本攀升一个核心诱因,“无非是市场对美联储遏制通胀路径深度存疑以及一旦既定方案偏离预期其将采取何种应对措施所弥漫的高度不确定性”。

However, Warsh explicitly stated that he harbors no intention of emitting such signals, given his aspiration that financial markets calibrate interest rates based on economic fundamentals rather than anticipations of the Federal Reserve's policy trajectory.

然而沃什明确表示无意释放此类信号因其冀望金融市场依据经济基本面而非对美联储政策路径的预期来厘定利率。

Bessent's intervention appears to run counter to this objective, as the market is presently conjecturing what further measures the Treasury might undertake to constrain the trajectory of interest rates.

贝森特的介入似乎与此目标背道而驰缘于市场现正揣度财政部可能采取何种进一步举措以钳制利率走势

The mounting pressure exerted by rising interest rates is intensifying by the day, and with Walsh slated to deliver the keynote address at the Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, next Friday, he will be compelled to articulate his strategic response.

利率攀升所施加的压力正日益加剧沃什将于下周五在怀俄明州杰克逊霍尔举行的美联储年度研讨会上发表主旨演讲届时他必须阐明其应对策略

At this juncture, the initiative in the situation has wholly tilted to the Federal Reserve's side, and the true steward of this chessboard's trajectory is none other than Kevin Warsh,” Cabana asserted, “the market is holding its breath, watching intentlywill Warsh respond in kind?

此刻局势的主动权已全然倾覆于美联储一侧真正执掌这枚棋局走向的实为凯文·沃什,”卡巴纳如是断言,“市场正屏息凝神静观其变——沃什是否会应声而动

And can he devise a strategy that is more meticulous and more forward-looking?

他又能否擘画出一套更为缜密更具前瞻性的方略?”

Following Jerome Powell's departure from office in May, Walsh was appointed by Trump.

杰罗姆·鲍威尔于5月卸任其职务之后,沃什特朗普之任命。

Trump had repeatedly lambasted Powell's refusal to cut interest rates, thereby stoking external apprehensions that Walsh might be inclined to curry favor with Trump by resorting to rate reductions.

特朗普曾屡次抨击鲍威尔拒不降息之举由此引发外界忧虑沃什倾向于以降息之举取悦特朗普。

In the wake of the Federal Reserve's deliberations on July 28-29, short-term bond yields declined, whereas long-term bond yields exhibited an upward trajectory.

在美联储于7月28日至29日召开会议之后短期债券收益率出现下行长期债券收益率则呈上行态势

Strategists at BNP Paribas observed that this market response diverges from the patterns typically elicited by Federal Reserve meetings, potentially signaling that investors perceive the Fed as inclined to uphold a lower benchmark interest rate rather than opting for an increase.

法国巴黎银行策略师指出这一市场反应与美联储会议通常引发的走势相悖或暗示投资者认为美联储倾向于维持较低的基准利率而非选择加息

Although Bessent's remarks pertain to bond repurchases amounting to billions of dollars, the sheer magnitude of the U.S. Treasury market is so vast that even acquisitions of this scale are unlikely to stir any significant ripples.

尽管贝森特所论及的是规模达数十亿美元的债券回购美国国债市场之体量浩瀚无垠即便此类规模的购入亦恐难掀起显著波澜

Analysts at the investment bank Macquarie estimate that the U.S. government may need to issue nearly $550 billion in bonds this quarter to adequately sustain its operational funding requirements.

投行麦格理之分析师估算美国政府本季度或需发行近五千五百亿美元债券方足以维系其运作资金需求

History likewise demonstrates that governmental intervention in the bond market yields but limited efficacy.

历史昭示政府之于债券市场的干预,其成效实属有限

"Such measures may temper volatility and afford a reprieve, yet when fiscal, inflationary, or supply-side dynamics remain persistently adverse, they can scarcely suppress borrowing costs over the long term," so assert strategists at UBS Wealth Management, citing the precedents of Japan and the United Kingdom.

此类举措虽可平抑波动予人喘息之机财政通胀供给端动态持续不利之际,断难恒久压低借贷成本,”瑞银财富管理策略师如是断言,并举日本英国之往例为证

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