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→Russia has suspended government bond auctions after weak investor demand. Why do so many people NOT want to buy Russian government bonds?
The U.S. Treasury has not suspended all debt sales in a permanent sense, but it has temporarily halted certain issuances (especially those that would breach the debt ceiling) during debt limit episodes. These suspensions are part of a broader strategy to manage cash and debt obligations while Congress debates and acts on the debt ceiling Congress.gov+1.}}
The U.S. Treasury has not suspended all debt sales in a permanent sense, but it has temporarily halted certain issuances (especially those that would breach the debt ceiling) during debt limit episodes. These suspensions are part of a broader strategy to manage cash and debt obligations while Congress debates and acts on the debt ceiling Congress.gov+1.}}
:This doesn't scratch the surface of answering your question. However, no matter how well researched and time wasted to answer your questions, experience shows no amount of factual evidence will cut through your inborn [[prejudice]]s, [[malicious]]ness, and [[bigot]]ry. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 01:19, August 13, 2026 (EDT)
:This doesn't scratch the surface of answering your question. However, no matter how well researched and time wasted to answer your questions, experience shows no amount of factual evidence will cut through your inborn [[prejudice]]s, [[malicious]]ness, and [[bigot]]ry. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 01:19, August 13, 2026 (EDT)
::I was specifically referring to auctions being suspended due to weak demand (i.e., investors not showing up, insufficient bids at acceptable yields). Your attempt at an adequate rebuttal is entirely about debt-ceiling-driven suspensions (Debt Issuance Suspension Periods), which are a completely different mechanism — Treasury voluntarily halting certain issuances because of a statutory borrowing limit, not because investors didn't want the bonds. In every one of those DISP episodes (2011, 2013, 2023), Treasury auctions that did occur were still fully subscribed; there's no historical instance of a U.S. Treasury auction failing or being pulled for lack of demand. Bid-to-cover ratios have dipped in some auctions and yields have had to rise to clear the market, but a "failed auction" in the sense Russia experienced with its OFZ bonds has no U.S. precedent. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:36, August 13, 2026 (EDT)
::I was specifically referring to auctions being suspended due to weak demand (i.e., investors not showing up, insufficient bids at acceptable yields). Your attempt at an adequate rebuttal
:::'''It's not "my response" - it's [[AI slop]], which you feed on at the [[AI slop]] trough. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 02:41, August 13, 2026 (EDT)
::is entirely about debt-ceiling-driven suspensions (Debt Issuance Suspension Periods), which are a completely different mechanism — Treasury voluntarily halting certain issuances because of a statutory borrowing limit, not because investors didn't want the bonds. In every one of those DISP episodes (2011, 2013, 2023), Treasury auctions that did occur were still fully subscribed; there's no historical instance of a U.S. Treasury auction failing or being pulled for lack of demand. Bid-to-cover ratios have dipped in some auctions and yields have had to rise to clear the market, but a "failed auction" in the sense Russia experienced with its OFZ bonds has no U.S. precedent. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:36, August 13, 2026 (EDT)
:::It's not worth the time discussing with you how markets work, the function of [[interest rate]]s, [[arbitrage]], how [[Russian sanctions]] bar foreign investors (if [[Russia]] wanted to be beholden to foreign investors, i.e. Elon Musk & the [[Epstein Class]] after they looted $300 Billion in sovereign funds, etc), Chinese buyers, pension fund buyers, Russian [[oligarch]]s, etc etc. "Weak demand" means they aren't offering a high enough interest rate. And Russia, like the US, isn't raising interest rates, either. They need time to recalibrate. Meanwhile, the US, France, and Japanese bond markets are crashing, as well.
:::It's not worth the time discussing with you how markets work, the function of [[interest rate]]s, [[arbitrage]], how [[Russian sanctions]] bar foreign investors (if [[Russia]] wanted to be beholden to foreign investors, i.e. Elon Musk & the [[Epstein Class]] after they looted $300 Billion in sovereign funds, etc), Chinese buyers, pension fund buyers, Russian [[oligarch]]s, etc etc. "Weak demand" means they aren't offering a high enough interest rate. And Russia, like the US, isn't raising interest rates, either. They need time to recalibrate. Meanwhile, the US, France, and Japanese bond markets are crashing, as well.
:::Get educated, and lay aside your prejudices. Maybe then we can have an intelligent discussion. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 02:05, August 13, 2026 (EDT)
:::Get educated, and lay aside your prejudices. Maybe then we can have an intelligent discussion. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 02:05, August 13, 2026 (EDT)