# Bessent’s bond intervention puts US Treasury on collision course with Fed

https://mins.news/en/item/32629

- Financial Times, 2026-08-26 04:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/a50df99b-0621-44ea-a7c7-c9c685e2eba1?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> Scott Bessent’s increased purchases of US debt threaten to undermine Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh’s efforts to tame inflation, putting the Treasury on a potential collision course with the central bank.

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