Sunday, July 15, 2007

Booming Tax Receipts Pare U.S. Treasury Sales as International Buyers Flee

(Bloomberg) -- Just as international investors are
reducing purchases of Treasuries, the U.S. government will be
selling fewer of them thanks to no let-up in tax receipts.

The projected 7 percent increase in tax revenue will help
the U.S. budget deficit shrink by 17 percent to about $205
billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Bush
administration said last week. As a result, the Treasury
Department sold less securities from January through June than
matured, the first time that has happened since 2000.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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