Fortunately, the appetite for U.S. government debt can be taken for granted

Mike Perry, a loyal MR reader, sends me this:

The U.K. failed to find enough
buyers for 1.75 billion pounds ($2.55 billion) of bonds for the
first time in almost seven years as debt investors repudiated
Prime Minister Gordon Brown‘s plan to stem the worst economic
crisis in three decades.

Gilts slumped after the London-based Debt Management
Office, which manages bond auctions on behalf of the Treasury,
said investors bid for 1.63 billion pounds of the 40-year
securities. The last time the U.K. government was unable to
attract enough investors was in 2002 when it tried to sell 30-
year inflation-protected bonds. The yield on the 4.25 percent
gilt due 2049 rose 10 basis points to 4.55 percent.

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