ALERT: Treasury Supply Announced. Benchmark Rates Rise. MBS Prices Fall Fast
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Treasury has announced the terms of next week's government fundraiser. As expected, supply sizes were all unchanged from the previous auctions. A total of $118 billion in TSY notes will be sold. Here is the schedule: Tuesday: $44 billion 2 year notes Wednesday: $42 billion 5 year notes Thursday: $32 billion 7 year notes Settlement is March 31 Because the majority of debt supply is concentrated in the front end of the yield curve, traders have been selling the curve—aka trading the "flattener". The yield curve can flatten one of two ways: Bear or Bull A bull flattener is when yields in the long end of the curve are falling faster than yields in the front end of the yield curve. For instance if 10yr TSY note yields are falling faster than 2yr TSY notes, then the spread between…(read more)