Mnuchin Sees Limited Demand for Ultra-Long U.S. Treasury Bonds

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin put to rest for now the idea bubbling in the $14.2 trillion Treasuries market that the government might introduce ultra-long term debt sales.

“We’ve done a bunch of research and reached out and at least as of now, we don’t see a lot of demand for it,” Mnuchin said in an interviewBloomberg Terminal with Bloomberg News during a trip to the Middle East. He added that he initially thought the “concept of ultra-long bonds made sense for us to explore.”