Bond Yields Tick Higher After Treasury Doesn't Signal Cuts to Auction Sizes -- WSJ
Dow Jones2026/10/16 16:30By Sam Goldfarb
Longer-term Treasury yields ticked higher after the Treasury department passed on an opportunity to send a strong signal that it is considering reducing the sizes of bond auctions.
In survey ahead of its quarterly refunding announcement on Nov. 4, the agency asked bond dealers for their thoughts on what future changes to auction sizes it should consider "given expected borrowing needs and investor demand." But it didn't say anything more explicit that might have hinted that cuts to longer-term debt auctions were imminent-a signal that some investors had thought was possible given the Trump administration's efforts to push down bond yields.
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October 16, 2026 12:30 ET (16:30 GMT)
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