And here's next week's Treasury auction schedule:
Monday: $28 billion in three-month bills and $29 billion in six month bills, $8 billion in 10-year TIPS.
Tuesday: $26 billion in one-year bills, $40 billion in three year notes.
Wednesday: $21 billion in 10-year notes.
Thursday: $13 billion in 30-year bonds.
As you can see, the US is dumping what used to be a year's worth of debt onto the market in four days. And because so much existing debt has to be rolled over continuously, we'll do the same every week for, apparently, the rest of our lives. I'll go out on a limb and give Round Two to the bond market.
Since variable rate paper ranging from Prime+ loans to option ARMs are linked to Treasury yields, a spike in interest rates would choke off the bubble and send us back to 2008. And since the US, always one to choose the dumbest, riskiest alternative, has financed itself primarily with short-term paper, every Treasury auction from here on out is a potential black swan. ( cigno nero)
The table below is from an October New York Times article. It's a safe bet that the numbers have gotten even bigger in the ensuing six months: