U.S. bond intervention is like 'paying your mortgage with your credit card,' JPMorgan's Sullivan says

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 21, 2026 · 447 words · By Lee Ying Shan

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government's efforts to manage pressure in the Treasury market may merely shift the problem down the road as a surge in global debt issuance tests investor demand, according to JPMorgan.

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government's efforts to manage pressure in the Treasury market may merely shift the problem down the road as a surge in global debt issuance tests investor demand, according to JPMorgan.

Why it matters

The Treasury is effectively buying back longer-duration bonds while issuing shorter-dated bills, a strategy that can provide temporary relief but leaves the underlying debt burden intact, James Sullivan, JPMorgan's co-head of global fundamental research, told…

Common ground

Treasury Department, led by Secretary Scott Bessent, on Wednesday announced it would at least double the size of its government debt buybacks, starting Sept.

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Claim 1: “The U.S. Treasury Department, led by Secretary Scott Bessent, on Wednesday announced it would at least double the size of its government debt buybacks, starting Sept. 9 and running through Nov. 4.”

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The provided evidence contains general information about the US Treasury and France, but no mention of Secretary Scott Bessent, a debt buyback announcement, or the specific dates of September 9 to November 4.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The deputy secretary of the treasury of the United States advises and assists the secretary of the treasury in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Treasury and its activities, and s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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Claim 2: “Leading AI companies have issued $200 billion of debt so far this year, up 80% from a year earlier, according to Sullivan.”

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The claim is mentioned in the Binance News and Tekedia results as something 'the bank [JPMorgan] also said', but there is no independent confirmation of the $200 billion figure or the 80% increase from other financial data sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — Over the next 45 years, the debt continued to grow until 1835 when it was briefly eliminated due to the sale of federally-owned lands and cuts to the federal budget. Shortly thereafter, additional war…
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/natio…

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web search NEUTRAL — TikTok-led international business rose from 25% of ByteDance’s overall revenue in 2024 to 30% in 2025. In the first half of 2026, it continued to climb. TikTok Shop grew fastest. Its global GMV reache…
https://vocal.media/trader/bytedance-is-burning-55-billion-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Largest Companies by Marketcap. Companies: 11,336 total market cap: $153.112 T time machine icon download icon suggest/edit icon.
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Claim 3: “Bonds yields are now higher than the earnings yield on the S&P 500, according to JPMorgan data”

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While evidence provides general definitions of earnings yield and current 10-year Treasury yields (above 5%), there is no specific data provided to compare the current S&P 500 earnings yield against bond yields to verify the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — On Monday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose above 5% for the first time since late 2023. And even back then, it remained above that level for just one day. The 10-year yield is now a full p…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/16/bond-investors-are…

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web search NEUTRAL — The earning yield can be used to compare the earnings of a specific company or group of companies across different sectors and industries against bond yields. Generally, the earnings yields of equitie…
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web search NEUTRAL — The yield on US 10 Year Note Bond Yield rose to 5.01% on September 15, 2026, marking a 0.02 percentage points increase from the previous session.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-bond-y…

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Claim 4: “around $76 trillion across developed-market governments globally”

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Fitch Ratings reports developed market debt is set to hit $75.8 trillion, and other sources explicitly mention a '76 trillion dollar global bond bubble'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Total may refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A total institution or residential institution is a facility of work and residence in which a number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider community for a considerable time, together le…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Total war is a type of warfare where a society's entire economy, population, and infrastructure are considered part of the war effort. It mobilizes the totality of national resources to sustain the wa…
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Claim 5: “U.S. Treasury custody holdings for foreign governments are at their lowest in 14 years.”

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Two separate web search results (Binance News and Tekedia) citing JPMorgan confirm that U.S. Treasury custody holdings for foreign governments are at their lowest in 14 years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
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Claim 6: “Sullivan pointed to roughly $40 trillion in U.S. government debt”

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Multiple independent reports from CNBC explicitly state that the U.S. government debt is nearly $40 trillion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Georgia ( JOR-jə) is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic, and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the northwest, North Carolina and South Carolina to the northeas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geog…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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Claim 7: “China's holdings of Treasurys are at an 18-year low”

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Three independent web search results confirm that China's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities have reached an 18-year low.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The national debt of the United States is the total national debt owed by the federal government of the United States to treasury security holders. At any given point in time, the U.S. national debt i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States government has applied economic sanctions against certain institutions and key members of the government of the People's Republic of China and its ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP…
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