Treasury’s stable coupon, auction sizes at risk from U.S. election results

Since May, the Treasury Department has guided market participants toward the idea that it won’t need to increase the size of its coupon issuances or auctions “for at least the next several quarters.” But rising concerns about the U.S.’s $1.83 trillion deficit during the run-up to the Nov. 5 election are putting that guidance increasingly at risk.

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