The link you posted in #98 has some interesting additional information.
TokyoGas at 11:59 AM JST - 11th June
Does the US Government issue Treasury Bonds with a denomination $500 million? I have been googling but everything seems to point to $1M as the max. Any financial whiz kids out there?
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Mark_McCracken at 12:17 PM JST - 11th June
moonbeams at 12:31 PM JST - 11th June
the above isn't the full article. this was missing:
“It also said the Italian authorities were investigating whether the securities were genuine since their values are huge.
If the bonds are found to be genuine, the two could be fined around 40 percent of the total value of the bonds, it said.”
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stirfry at 12:40 PM JST - 11th June
@ tokyo gas...nope you are correct...US Treasury bonds come in $1 million increments...just for example, the Treasury this week issued securities in 3 maturities and the total was $65 billion, so this $134b would be almost equal to the US’s funding needs for 2-3 months