Primary Dealers In Treasuries Flooded With Paper As US Auctions $74B This Week
The Treasury will sell three-year, 10-year and 30-year bond supply this week, worth $74 billion. The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note’s yield hit a seven-year high at 3.261 percent on Tuesday. Since the Treasury will finance the Federal budget deficit at any rate, expect rates to keep chugging higher and crowd out private borrowing. China’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen by about $75 billion year to date. China is the #1 foreign holder of US Treasuries. The 10Y is holding at 3.223% this morning. Bond market analysts are warning that the increased uptake of Treasuries by primary dealers, meaning those who trade directly with the Federal Reserve, may simply be buying for the purpose of maintaining their status as primary dealers, and quickly flipping the paper for a profit, akin to what an underwriter does when acquiring stock at a discount to market rates directly, selling them in order to lock in a profit. When this model breaks down and primary dealers can no longer flip the paper, the status of primary dealer may no longer be worth it and they may start curtailing their purchases, which could mean big trouble for Treasuries.
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