WASHINGTON — Interest rates on six-month Treasurys hit their lowest level on record and three-month bills their lowest point in 11 months in Monday’s auction of T-bills. The declines are good news for the government’s efforts to hold down its borrowing …
Read Original Story: 6-month Treasury rates hit lowest point on record – The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The US Treasury plans to auction $32 billion in reopened 4-week bills Tuesday. The debt will settle on Nov. 27, 2009 and will mature Dec. 24, 2009. The debt is a reopening of an issue first sold on June 25, 2009. …
Read Original Story: US To Sell $32 Bln In Reopened 4-Week Bills Tue – Wall Street Journal

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — Treasury futures contracts were little changed, after a rally last week pushed two-year yields to the lowest level in 2009, as the US prepared to sell a record $118 billion of notes in three auctions starting today …
Read Original Story: Treasury Futures Little Changed Ahead of Three Sales This Week – Bloomberg

So remember when a bunch of banks got into trouble because they were overly-reliant on short-term debt and when they couldn’t refinance it quickly, they had to either file for bankruptcy protection or get bailed out? The Wall Street Journal reports …
Read Original Story: Banks load up on short-term debt — what? – BloggingStocks (blog)

By Liz Capo mccormick and Daniel Kruger Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — For the first time in seven decades, Treasury bills are paying no interest while stocks continue to appreciate — a divergence in US financial markets that might be perilous if Federal …
Read Original Story: Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment – Bloomberg

(chattahbox)—A piece in Sunday’s New York Times, paints an alarming picture of the prospect of looming debt repayments that the United States would have to repay under rising interest rates. The US is able to finance the country’s more than …
Read Original Story: US Faces Payment Shock With Looming Debt – ChattahBox

Treasury officials now face a trifecta of headaches: a mountain of new debt, a balloon of short-term borrowings that come due in the months ahead, and interest rates that are sure to climb back to normal as soon as the Federal Reserve decides that the …
Read Original Story: Deficits and Massive Debt Overhangs Do Matter – Seeking Alpha (blog)

NEW YORK (marketwatch) — Treasury prices pared an earlier gain on Monday, pushing yields back to neutral, after a report showed resales of homes in the US jumped 10.1% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.1 million, …
Read Original Story: Treasurys pare gains after home sales jump – MarketWatch

NEW YORK, Nov 20 – Most US. Treasuries prices retreated on Friday as traders cut prices ahead of supply in the coming week, but demand for short-term debt before the year’s end pushed those yields to 11-month lows. The Treasury will sell $118 billion…
Read Original Story: TREASURIES-Most prices slip, but short-term debt in demand – Alibaba News Channel

The credit crisis proved to be a major shock for the financial markets, sending institutional investors into a strong risk-aversion mode. This was reflected directly in the Treasury market, where investors bought the safety of the debt market, …
Read Original Story: Trade Desk Thoughts: US Rates Are On … – ForexTV.com