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#TreasuryEyesTGABuybacks The U.S. Treasury is reportedly considering whether its Treasury General Account could help finance additional purchases of long-term government bonds. The TGA, effectively the government’s account at the Federal Reserve, contains roughly $935 billion to $950 billion. Treasury has already increased its long-duration buyback limit from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation, beginning September 9. The exact scale of any TGA-funded expansion remains unclear. Using the account could temporarily improve demand for long bonds and release liquidity into the financial system. However, this would not be Federal Reserve quantitative easing, and the Treasury cannot permanently solve high yields by rearranging its cash and debt maturity profile. Persistent deficits, heavy issuance and inflation expectations will continue influencing borrowing costs. Gold and Bitcoin could benefit if the policy weakens the dollar or is interpreted as financial repression. The market should wait for confirmed size and timing before treating the entire TGA balance as available stimulus.