Foreign demand weakens at US Treasury auctions in March in midst of Middle East war
NEW YORK, – Foreign investors bought fewer two-, five-, and seven-year U.S. Treasury notes at last month’s auction than in February, as conflict raged in the Middle East, data from the U.S. Treasury Department released on Wednesday showed. Foreign buyers purchased $6.024 billion of the latest two-year notes in March, about half the $13.190 billion…