In a fast-moving financial and policy landscape, Marketplace examines a surprise Treasury buyback of long-term bonds aimed at curbing rising yields, rising import prices driven by AI-related demand, ongoing tariff uncertainty under the Trump administration, and a symbolic milestone as the
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