Treasuries plunged as the government sold a record $30 billion of five-year notes at a higher yield than forecast, indicating weak demand.
The auction, which caps a week when the Treasury raised $78 billion in notes and bonds, may signal investors will have trouble absorbing the as-much-as $2.5 trillion in debt the U.S. is likely to issue this year to pay for a $1 trillion budget deficit and programs to spur the economy. The Federal Reserve’s failure to provide a timetable for possible purchases of Treasuries yesterday also weighed on prices.
Don’t worry. The Fed will take up the slack.
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