TREE NEWS reports: Citigroup strategists are holding to their forecast that the US Treasury will reduce long-dated bond issuance in next month’s quarterly refunding announcement, saying questions in a survey sent to primary dealers on Friday show officials are weighing such a move. Citi expects the Treasury to cut 20-year and 30-year auction sizes by $3 billion each on November 4, citing the recent long-end selloff and weak long-bond buybacks.
Citi: Dealer Survey Signals US Treasury May Cut Long-Bond Issuance
The signal here is procedural: Treasury's own dealer survey now includes questions on long-end supply, which suggests the long-bond selloff and weak buybacks have become a live constraint on issuance policy rather than a background concern. That matters for the entire duration complex, from Treasuries to the RWA and crypto products that price off the risk-free curve. The open question is whether the refunding actually validates Citi's call, since a shift toward shorter maturities would alter the supply backdrop without resolving the demand problem the survey implies.
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