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To: Peter V who wrote (213159)	7/29/2009 1:33:05 PM
From: James Hutton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Yeah, you get people knee-jerk buying treasuries when the market goes down versus the lack of demand depressing price from these crummy auctions. Net = 0. Auction tomorrow should also be interesting. As an aside, I was looking to rent a typewriter to fill out an application for something. I called the local Kinkos to see if they had one, and the fellow who answered the phone didn't know what a typewriter was.

To: Peter V who wrote (213159)	7/29/2009 10:08:39 PM
From: posthumousone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

TBT is in red because timmy says all is well.... U.S. Assures a ‘Concerned’ China It Will Shrink Record Deficit By Rob Delaney and Rebecca Christie July 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration’s economic leaders assured Chinese counterparts they will rein in a record budget deficit as China underscored its concern about preserving the value of its holdings of Treasuries. “China has a huge amount of investment in the U.S.” and “we are concerned about the security of our financial assets,” Assistant Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said in a press briefing at the end of the first of two days of talks in Washington. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in opening remarks that the U.S. will ensure a “sustainable” deficit by 2013. ..more