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Refunding To See Coupon Increases Across The Board (1/2)

US TSYS/SUPPLY

Whatever lingering doubt over whether Treasury would raise coupon auction sizes in the coming quarter was dispelled by its release of financing estimates for the next 5 months, which included an upward revision of $274B for Jun-Sep vs May’s refunding round. (More in our August UST Issuance Deep Dive).

  • MNI’s current expectations incorporate those projections and are higher than those that we indicated in our July Deep Dive (which were largely based on TBAC's recommended financing last quarter which pointed to to a $1-2B upsizing across the board).
  • This includes $2B raises to 2s/3s/5s and $1B to 7s in each month, with 10Y sizes $3B higher, 20Y up $1B, and 30Y up $2B. If anything this is conservatively low for 7s, 20s, and 30s.
  • Overall this means nominal sales will total $249B in Oct, vs $222B equivalent in the prior quarter.
  • We should also note that while we only forecast the quarter ahead, we expect further increases of a similar magnitude at the Nov refunding.

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