http://www.aleablog.com/while-i-was-away-treasury-blinked/ Alea Jacta Est Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.aleablog.com/while-i-was-away-treasury-blinked/#comment-3215 jck Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:33:03 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=3686#comment-3215 You have a point, but to my knowledge, there is no law that says that reopenings have to be smaller than the original issue.The issuance cycle for the long bond is now monthly and to the question "can Treasury raise $11 to $14 billion monthly, via 30-year paper" , my guess answer is NOT for very long, especially with the collateral damage inflicted on long duration MBS and potential for a disastrous negative convexity hedging event. We shall see. You have a point, but to my knowledge, there is no law that says that reopenings have to be smaller than the original issue.The issuance cycle for the long bond is now monthly and to the question “can Treasury raise $11 to $14 billion monthly, via 30-year paper” , my guess answer is NOT for very long, especially with the collateral damage inflicted on long duration MBS and potential for a disastrous negative convexity hedging event. We shall see.

]]> http://www.aleablog.com/while-i-was-away-treasury-blinked/#comment-3214 John Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:18:59 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=3686#comment-3214 FYI, the 30-year auction is a reopening. The reopenings are always smaller than the original issue auctions. $11 bln is unchanged from the prior reopening, back in March. So, not blinking just yet. In fact, given that Treasury will now be reopening issues twice, they are still ratcheting up the overall auction size for each individual bond. FYI, the 30-year auction is a reopening. The reopenings are always smaller than the original issue auctions. $11 bln is unchanged from the prior reopening, back in March. So, not blinking just yet. In fact, given that Treasury will now be reopening issues twice, they are still ratcheting up the overall auction size for each individual bond.

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