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News Articles: Treasury Bonds

Andrea Hsu and Stacey Vanek Smith experience the Treasury's website crashing as their bond purchase was going through.

The bond that broke the internet

US Treasury bonds are known as a super safe, super boring place to put your money. But the Series I Savings Bond got so popular last week, the surge in demand crashed the Treasury's website

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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith and
  • Andrea Hsu
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in July. The Fed is facing a key decision of when to start withdrawing some of the stimulus it has provided to markets during the pandemic.

It's Called The Bond Taper. Yes, It's Geeky. But This Is Why You Should Know About It

The Federal Reserve has provided massive support to markets through the pandemic. Now it faces a tricky decision: how to start removing some of that help without triggering a market sell-off.

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By:
  • David Gura