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Gold bonds advocate Judy Shelton joins Treasury Department
From VBLGoldFix, Substack
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Judy Shelton has joined the Treasury Department as counselor to Secretary Scott Bessent, bringing an advocate of gold-convertible government bonds into his office as inflation and deficit concerns drive up U.S. borrowing costs.
The New York Times' DealBook column reported her appointment on Sept. 16, alongside rising bond yields despite Treasury's multibillion-dollar buybacks. Bessent defended those purchases, saying yields would have been higher without them. The Independent Institute also lists Shelton as counselor to the Treasury secretary.
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Shelton proposed Treasury Trust Bonds in a 2012 Cato Journal paper: zero-coupon securities repayable in dollars or a specified quantity of gold at the bondholder's choice. The structure would protect lenders against the dollar losing value relative to gold. ...
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