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Scott Bessent: “US Treasuries had their best year since 2022 and we were the…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Scott Bessent: Inside Trump's Treasury; War Costs; & Why Bond Market is King

Published | Video Starts at 26:34

Oh, absolutely not. Absolutely not. What we've seen last year was continued and increasing foreign interest in US Treasuries. US Treasuries had their best year since 2022 and we were the only G7 bond market with lower yields last year. on the 10 year just finally on this, you issued a 30 day waiver on Indian refiners who had been prevented from buying Russian oil. They got a 30 day waiver on that. (26:34–26:47)

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Asserts that US Treasuries had their best year since 2022 and were the only G7 bond market with lower yields.

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