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Why the Treasury Secretary Bessent's move to calm the bond market has not worked yet

Why the Treasury Secretary Bessent's move to calm the bond market has not worked yet

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August 21st, 2026

Why the Treasury Secretary Bessent's move to calm the bond market has not worked yet

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The 10-year bond yield rose to 4.69% on Thursday.

10年物国債の利回りは木曜日に4.69%まで上がりました

It rose. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to keep long-term borrowing costs down.

スコット・ベッセント財務長官が長期の借入コストを抑えようとしたのに、それでも上がりました

The market is still worried.

市場はまだ心配しています。

That is because government debt is growing fast.

政府の借金が急に増えているからです

Tech companies are also borrowing more.

ハイテク企業の借り入れも増えています。

The Fed's stance on inflation is also a worry.

FRBのインフレ対策への姿勢も心配の種です

Mr. Bessent said the Treasury will double its bond buying from next month.

ベッセント氏は財務省が来月から債券買い入れを倍増すると言いました

It will go from $2 billion to $4 billion each time.

1回あたり20億ドルから40億ドルにします

This is to reduce the supply of long-term bonds.

これは長期債の供給を減らすためです

Then prices will go up.

そうすれば価格が上がります

Mr. Bessent said on CNBC that the program could be made bigger.

ベッセント氏はCNBCでこのプログラムをもっと大きくする可能性があると言いました

When interest rates go up, home buying goes down.

金利が上がると住宅購入が減ります

The Trump government thinks lowering interest rates is most important.

トランプ政権は金利を下げることを一番大事にしています。

The 30-year yield became 5.23% on Thursday.

30年物利回りは木曜日に5.23%になりました

It went down a little from Tuesday's 19-year high.

火曜日の19年ぶり高値から少し下がりました

Mr. Bessent said the government will announce its deficit cut plan by Monday.

ベッセント氏は政府の赤字削減策を月曜日までに発表すると言いました

Total debt passed 40 trillion dollars on Wednesday.

総債務は水曜日に40兆ドルを超えました

The budget office thinks the gap will be over 2 trillion dollars. This gap is between income and spending this year.

議会予算局は今年の歳入と歳出の差が2兆ドルを超えると見ています

Gennadi Goldberg of TD Securities said cutting the deficit is mainly the job of Congress.

TD証券のゲナディ・ゴールドバーグ氏は赤字削減は主に議会の仕事だと言いました

There are other reasons for higher yields.

利回りを上げる理由他にもあります

Big tech companies are borrowing a lot to build AI data centers.

AIデータセンターを作るためにビッグテック企業がたくさん借りています

Oil prices are also going up.

石油価格上がっています。

Brent crude is near about 94 dollars per barrel.

ブレント原油1バレル約94ドルに近いです

Trump is threatening economic action against Iran.

トランプ氏イランへの経済作戦を脅かしています

The new FRB chair, Kevin Warsh, has not said clearly. He will raise interest rates.

FRBの新議長ケビン・ウォーシュ氏は、利上げをするかどうかはっきり言っていません

He also suggests changing the inflation measure.

彼はインフレ監視指標の変更も示唆しています。

By the FRB's favorite measure, June inflation was 3.7%.

FRBが好む指標では、6月のインフレ率は3.7%でした

Mark Cabana from Bank of America said that the main reason for higher borrowing costs is uncertainty about the Fed's inflation plan. He said this on Tuesday.

バンク・オブ・アメリカのマーク・カバナ氏は借入コスト上昇の主因はFRBのインフレ対策への不確実性だと言いました

Mr. Warsh will speak at Jackson Hole next week.

ウォーシュ氏は来週ジャクソンホールで講演する予定です

The market is watching to see if he shows a clear plan.

市場は彼が明確な計画を示すか注目しています

Mr. Bessent's buying may have a small effect, because the bond market is big.

ベッセント氏の買い入れ規模は国債市場の大きさからすると影響は限定的かもしれません

Macquarie thinks the government will issue about 550 billion dollars in bonds this quarter.

マッコーリーは政府が今四半期に約5500億ドルの債券を発行すると見ています

UBS said that government help is only temporary. No case has ever cut borrowing costs for good.

UBSは政府介入は一時的な救済にしかならず借入コストを恒久的に下げた例はないと指摘しました

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