News and Notes Due to debt limit constraints, we currently do not have the capacity to settle our 4-week bill auction scheduled to settle on November 18. Treasury market participants should be prepared for a delay in the formal auction announcement for the 4-week bill and in the auction itself if Congress does not enact legislation to raise the debt limit. All auctions settling before November 18 will be settled as scheduled. -- Treasury Department, November 3 Treasury is assessing the data we currently publish on Treasury auctions and holdings. We seek suggestions on what additional data we should make public and what data that we currently publish is not useful. A list of the data under review can be found in the primary dealer meeting agenda. Please send comments to debt.management@do.treas.gov . Treasury is calling two 30-year bonds: one issued in November 1979 and one issued in February 1980. The maximum limit for noncompetitive bids for a bill has been raised to $5 million from $1 million. We now sell TIPS in three terms: 5 years, 10 years, and 20 years.

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