The U.S. Treasury may start to offer negative yield auctions. The safety and security of U.S. Treasuries have already led to them being traded at negative yields on secondary markets. According to Reuters, the one month Treasury bill traded on a secondary market at a negative yield in December. The Treasury Departments systems would have to be modified to handle the trading of Treasuries at a premium.
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Jim Sutliff