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Treasury to Auction $104 Billion In Debt Next Week, a Record
• CNBC
The sales will exceed the previous record of $101 billion set in auctions that took place in the last week of April and consist of two-year, five-year and seven-year securities. That record was matched by another $101 billion week in May.
Though next week's total was broadly in line with expectations, worries about supply have weighed on the U.S. government bond market, which will see a mammoth $2 trillion worth of new debt issued this year.
"Maybe the Treasury market reacted a little negatively and it will continue to be like this," said Suvrat Prakash, U.S. interest rate strategist with BNP Paribas in New York. "Supply
1 Comments in Response to Treasury to Auction $104 Billion In Debt Next Week, a Record
Hey, I got a sombrero and 25 Mexican pesos left over from my trip to Cancun, you think they'll take it in exchange for all that debt?