Treasury’s $4 Trillion Funding Task Signals Record Auction Slate

  • Dealers see record refunding, debut of 20-year bond sales
  • ‘Auction sizes are just going to keep needing to go higher’

A national debt counter hangs inside a bus stop in Washington, D.C., U.S.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is likely to boost the government’s quarterly round of debt auctions to unprecedented levels this week to finance a deficit that’s set to surpass estimates of $4 trillion for this year as lawmakers discuss additional economic stimulus.