Treasury buyback programme. Treasury buys old bonds to improve liquidity; a small stealth-easing tool.
What to watch: Buyback sizes and tenors. It arrives weekly, and the effect typically lasts months.
It sits in tier 3 — Flows and mechanics: Moves prices without changing anything fundamental, on horizons from hours to weeks. Who is forced to buy or sell, and when. Ignore this tier and market moves will regularly look inexplicable.
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