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What do U.S. Treasury auctions have to do with me?

2025/6/10
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Alan Detmeister
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Courtney Johnson
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Kyle Risdahl
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Kyle Risdell: 如果共和党的减税法案通过，美国将不得不借更多的钱。政府通过发行债券来借钱，即将举行的30年期债券拍卖将测试市场对长期债券的需求。 Sabri Beneshour: 即将到来的美国国债拍卖结果将影响政府和民众的借贷成本。政府最终支付的利率将影响所有人在汽车贷款、抵押贷款和商业贷款上的利率。 Mark Cabana: 即将举行的30年期国债拍卖是对投资者兴趣的一次测试。近期市场情绪相对稳定。 John Canavan: 由于对美国赤字可持续性的担忧日益增加，本次国债拍卖变得更加重要。 Gennady Goldberg: 如果美国财政状况恶化，投资者会要求更高的利率来持有美国国债。美国未来可能会发行更多的债务，投资者会要求更高的利率来持有这些债务。未来的赤字越大，政府借钱的难度就越大，可能需要支付更高的利息。

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The upcoming US Treasury bond auction is a significant test of investor interest and will influence borrowing costs for both the government and consumers. The outcome will affect interest rates on various loans, impacting individuals and businesses.
  • US government to borrow $2.4 trillion, adding to existing debt
  • Treasury Department to auction $22 billion in 30-year bonds
  • Auction results will indicate borrowing costs for the government and consumers
  • Yield on the 30-year bond currently at 4.93%

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Later this week, the U.S. Treasury will auction off billions of dollars worth of 30-year bonds. While that may seem yawn-worthy to most of us, the outcome of that sale has big ramifications for consumer borrowing costs down the road. We’ll explain. Also in this episode: Targeting of international students hurts public and private universities, “core goods” is where tariff-driven inflation might show up first, and students at a fast-growing high school in Utah run their own soda shop.

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