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What Bessent is now saying after bond yields didn’t stop rising on ‘I am the house’ remark

What Bessent is now saying after bond yields didn’t stop rising on ‘I am the house’ remark
MarketWatch Monday 05 October 2026, 09:22 UTC By Jules Rimmer 1 min read
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In a televisxed interview with Axios, Treasury Secretary Bessent defended his department’s record in the bond market and walked back his “I am the house” declaration from a month ago

In a televisxed interview with Axios, Treasury Secretary Bessent defended his department’s record in the bond market and walked back his “I am the house” declaration from a month ago
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