Bessent tapping Treasury’s rainy-day fund for buybacks isn’t a ‘bazooka’ to get markets to move his way
MarketWatch· Greg Robb· Aug 24, 2026 · 4:52 PM
Bessent’s move “does not change anything. It just reduces the cash that Treasury has on deposit,” one analyst says.
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