OMB Control No. 1505-0261

Agenda – February 2021 Refunding

Treasury Dealer Calls: January 28 – January 29, 2021

Dealer ___________________

To allow more time for discussion, please e-mail your responses prior to 12:00 PM on Monday, January 25, 2021 to 

Debt.Management@treasury.gov and NY.QTR@ny.frb.org. Even if you are not scheduled to meet with Treasury 

officials this quarter, your responses are still appreciated. 

I. Privately-Held Marketable Borrowing Estimates1

Central

Estimate

Range that would not 

surprise you

Low/High

January-March 2021 Privately-Held Net Marketable Borrowing /

 Ending Cash Balance /

April-June 2021 Privately-Held Net Marketable Borrowing /

 Ending Cash Balance /

FY 2021 Privately-Held Net Marketable Borrowing /

FY 2022 Privately-Held Net Marketable Borrowing /

FY 2023 Privately-Held Net Marketable Borrowing /

II. Budget Deficit and Growth Estimates 

FY 2021 /

FY 2022 /

FY 2023 /

Real GDP (4Q/4Q % Chg) CY 2021 /

Real GDP (4Q/4Q % Chg) CY 2022 /

Nominal GDP (4Q/4Q % Chg) CY 2021 /

Nominal GDP (4Q/4Q % Chg) CY 2022 /

III. Quarterly Note and Bond Issuance Estimates

3-year note (Feb/Mar/Apr) / / / / - / /

10-year note (Feb) /

10-year note reopening (Mar/Apr) / / - /

20-year bond (Feb) /

20-year bond reopening (Mar/Apr) / / - /

30-year bond (Feb) /

30-year bond reopening (Mar/Apr) / / - /

2-year note (Feb/Mar/Apr) / / / / - / /

5-year note (Feb/Mar/Apr) / / / / - / /

7-year note (Feb/Mar/Apr) / / / / - / /

30-year TIPS (Feb) /

10-year TIPS reopening (Mar) /

5-year TIPS (Apr) /

2-year FRN reopening (Feb/Mar) / / - /

2-year FRN (Apr) /

1 Privately-held marketable borrowing excludes rollovers (auction “add-ons”) of Treasury securities held in the Federal Reserve’s 

System Open Market Account (SOMA) but includes financing required due to SOMA redemptions. Secondary market purchases of 

Treasury securities by SOMA do not directly change net privately-held marketable borrowing but, all else equal, when the securities

mature and assuming the Federal Reserve does not redeem any maturing securities, would increase the amount of cash raised for a 

given privately-held auction size by increasing the SOMA “add-on” amount.
IV. Bill Issuance Estimates2

52-week bill size (Feb/Mar/Apr) / / / / - / / 

Total change in bills outstanding Feb ‘21 - Apr ‘21 /

Change in privately-held bills outstanding Feb ‘21 - Apr ‘21 /

Total change in bills outstanding FY 2021 /

Change in privately-held bills outstanding FY 2021 /

CMB issuance Feb ‘21 – Apr ‘21 (size/date) / / /

Discussion Topics

1. Please discuss your latest economic, fiscal, monetary policy (including SOMA investment), and Treasury 

financing forecasts for FY2021 and FY2022.

2. At the November 2020 Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee meeting, the Committee provided an overview 

of the supply and demand dynamics in the T-bill market and made recommendations about potential paths to 

reduce the current bill supply as a share of the overall marketable debt portfolio over time. Over what time frame 

could Treasury attempt to accomplish this recommendation without adversely affecting short-end market 

functioning? 

In addition, in light of the current uncertainty in borrowing needs and potential debt limit constraints that may 

impact bill issuance this year, what pace of reduction of bill supply over the next 3-6 months would not create 

disruptions in short-term markets or result in substantial price adjustment or deviation from fair value? 

3. Market participants have noted constraints on dealer intermediation as one important factor contributing to the 

liquidity challenges in the Treasury market in March and April 2020. Please discuss how your firm managed 

intermediation during this time frame and how internal factors (such as risk limits, balance sheet allocation, 

operational constraints, etc.) and/or external factors (such as leverage ratio constraints, risk-based capital 

requirements, the liquidity coverage ratio, changing margin requirements, changes in haircuts, changes in nondealer intermediation/the competitive environment, etc.) affected your firm’s ability to provide liquidity in the 

Treasury market. How have these factors evolved in subsequent months? What lessons can be learned from this 

experience and what actions might you take in the future to facilitate greater intermediation during times of 

market stress? Please focus your response on your firm’s experience and decisions regarding liquidity provision.

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2 Privately-held bills exclude SOMA holdings. As such, the difference between “Total change in bills outstanding” and “Change in 

privately-held bills outstanding” should reflect SOMA secondary market purchases/sales (or redemption of maturing securities).