Holy shit...more market manipulation...signaling the banks are totally fucked. Why does the Treasury, which itself is running short on cash, need to support the banks and buy longer dated, older bonds from them? Because there isnt enough market demand for these bonds are quoted prices. So, instead of letting the market price drop, which would cause more unrealized loss, threatening more bank solvency, the Treasury steps up. Just another bailout at taxpayers expense, benefitting the banks and our faulty system. Ho hum. This is exactly why we #bitcoin