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Bessent Launches Treasury Bid to Tame Yields

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[SPEAKER_A] Win Thin.

[SPEAKER_E] This is the way we roll here. Dr. Thin, thank you so much. Bank of Nassau with all of his work over the years on international economics. Ned Phelps, who we miss every day, the laureate from your Columbia, would say what separates us is...

Bessent Launches Treasury Bid to Tame Yields

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Bessent Launches Treasury Bid to Tame Yields

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The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.