Buyback-fueled Treasury Rally Cools; US Public Debt Hits $40T | Bloomberg Brief 08/20/2026

0 August 20, 2026 08:48

US equity futures waver and a rebound in long-dated Treasuries loses steam following US Treasury’s announcement of plans to increase buybacks of longer-dated debt. US public debt hits $40 trillion for the first time. President Trump threatens an “economic D-Day” against Iran, targeting Tehran’s trading partners. Sophie Huynh of BNP Paribas Asset Management discusses the market impact of the Treasury’s buyback plans.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Bloomberg Brief Begins,
00:00:44 – Global Market Check: Global Markets React to Treasury Buyback Plans
00:02:01 – European Markets & Bond Yields
00:03:01 – Treasury Yields, Dollar, Gold & Bitcoin
00:04:46 – First Look Movers: Moderna & Crypto Stocks
00:05:52 – Treasury Buybacks & the Bond Market, Why Treasury’s Intervention May Not Last, What Does the Fed Do Next?
00:09:14 – Trump Escalates Economic Pressure on Iran, Could Iran Escalate the Conflict
00:13:26 – Trending on the Terminal
00:14:36 – Samsung & SK Hynix Shareholder Returns, Alibaba Earnings Preview, China Narrows the US Lead in AI
00:20:10 – Front Page News
00:21:27 – Market Update: Treasury Buybacks, Dollar & Bitcoin
00:23:17 – First Look Movers: Moderna & Crypto
00:25:08 – Sophie Huynh, BNP Paribas Asset Management Portfolio Manager, on Treasury’s Bond-Market Intervention & What the FOMC Minutes Signal
00:31:43 – Trending on the Terminal
00:33:12 – Trump’s "Economic D-Day" Against Iran, US-Canada Trade & Tariffs
00:35:41 – Alibaba Earnings & AI Growth, Alibaba Earnings & AI Growth
00:38:38 – Retail Earnings & the US Consumer, What to Takeaway From Walmart, Home Improvement Spending & Consumer Pressure
00:41:23 – What to Watch
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