NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $29 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
The 91s settle Nov. 17 and are due Feb. 16, 2012, and the 182s settle Nov. 17, and are due May 17, 2012.
Currently, there are $27.002 billion 91-days outstanding and no 182s.
The top underwriters saw some shuffling, with Stifel Nicolaus and Ramirez entering the top 10 and knocking Barclays and Siebert Williams Shank to 11th and 12th, respectively.
Superior, Wisconsin, officials are mulling a bond-financed acquisition of the water system currently owned by private firm Superior Water, Light, and Power.
The quiet in the muni market is likely due to geopolitical uncertainties, according to Cooper Howard, director of fixed income strategy at Charles Schwab.
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the parties in the PREPA bankruptcy to focus on the bondholders' accounting counterclaim.
The veteran underwriter said he's excited about joining a smaller, more focused firm, where he can once again expand its competitive bidding capabilities.
Dealer inventories hit $8.8 billion in unsold variable rate bonds as of noon, Eastern, Tuesday, rising sharply over the past week, said Rick White, an independent consultant with more than 25 years in the industry.
