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What is in focus is the Federal Reserve's interest rate outlook, which continues to run against the market relief the Treasury's buyback program has been working to supply. The policy question is the dominant input.
The buyback's support is real, but it is operating in the shadow of a rate path that markets cannot yet anchor. The Treasury's buyback program represents a deliberate effort to ease conditions.
Support like that lands differently when the Federal Reserve's direction is unresolved.
Rate-sensitive positioning, cross-border flows, and broader market sentiment all calibrate against the central bank's next move before they adjust to anything else.
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