Bessent moved to calm bond markets and lower long-term borrowing costs after yields reached multi-year highs, Bloomberg said.

On Wednesday, the Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of buybacks for longer-dated securities, the report said.

The impact was short-lived, with 30-year Treasury bonds erasing gains the following day, Bloomberg said.

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