Fixed income

The federal government ran an $8.7 billion surplus in January, the Treasury Department reported Tuesday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $23 billion 41-day cash management bills on Feb. 28.

Paul Daley, managing director at BondWave, discusses how studying fixed-income trading patterns can improve municipal bond trading decisions. Chip Barnett hosts.

The federal government ran a $13.5 billion deficit in December, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $2.97 billion in January to a total of $301.182 billion.

The Treasury Department's February quarterly refunding of $84.0 billion will raise $29.9 billion new cash.

The U.S. Treasury Monday estimated it will borrow $365 billion of net marketable debt in the first quarter of 2019, assuming a $320 billion cash balance on March 31.

The Bond Buyer gives its listeners two podcasts in one today. First, Gary Siegel talks about what the Federal Reserve may be doing for the rest of the year. Second, Luis Maizel of LM Capital focuses in on what's important for the fixed income sector in 2019. Chip Barnett hosts.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.105 billion in December.

Perhaps the best that can be said of a painful year across financial markets is that there’s room for improvement in 2019.