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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Kern who wrote (4043)	2/7/2008 4:11:21 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 71405

Seems like quiet monetization through these auctions is in place. I think normally this would mean an equivalent of a coupon pass - T-bonds awarded to the Fed on auction (I don't remember where I read that) A bunch of bills and bonds have been auctioned lately treasurydirect.gov So, let's tally Fed's PRINTING this week, since 1/31/08 4-wk t-bill: $3.1 Billion 13-wk t-bill: $6.1 Billion 26-wk t-bill: $6.7 Billion 2-yr bond: $2.9 Billion 5-yr bond: $1.7 Billion 10-yr bond $6.2 Billion 30-yr bonds: $4.3 Billion MAMAMIA - and WE THOUGHT THEY DID NOT PRINT SINCE MAY!!!!