The Treasury Department’s efforts to restrain long-term borrowing costs through bond buybacks amount to “financial repression” that risks weakening the dollar and fueling inflation, according to ...

With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s ...

The market maker pointed to the Treasury's plan to increase buybacks of government bonds. The US has tried to push bond yields lower in the past with mixed results. The US Treasury's attempts to keep ...

The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is set to return to the Norwegian capital June 3-5 for its 16th installment since 2009. The conference series, hosted by the New York-based non-profit Human Rights ...

World Trade Securities CEO Nicholas Mugalli has publicly called out Citadel Securities, claiming Ken Griffin’s firm is “short bonds” and complaining about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s expanded ...

A cautious Federal Reserve kept policy rates unchanged during the first half of 2025. It was trying to ascertain whether the Trump administration's protectionist measures would result in a one-time ...

When it comes to financing our $37 trillion national debt, a dose of financial repression could be just what the doctor ordered. OpenAI said it has halted the training of its latest AI models. It ...

The closing weeks of 2024 brought troubling news from Hong Kong, from the jailing of 45 democracy activists to a guilty verdict for seven people charged with “rioting” for trying to stop a violent ...

The federal government, financial markets and most Americans are all in a state of denial about interest rates. Whenever someone goes on business TV, gets a mortgage or makes a long-term debt ...

‘Xi, You’re Not Welcome’: As Trump Hosts China’s Leader, Thousands Protest in Washington In April 2023, Hong Kong Watch research found that Hong Kongers in exile were being denied up to 2.2 billion ...