Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy
Abstract
Jason Furman, Former CEA chair and Harvard Kennedy School professor, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss yield reaction after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Wednesday the department will more than double its government debt repurchases.
Citation
Furman, Jason. "Former CEA chair Jason Furman: Treasury can’t change ‘underlying fundamentals’ of the curve." Squawk on the Street, CNBC, August 19, 2026.