NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Treasury Department said Wednesday it will auction $72 billion in notes next week in the regular quarterly refunding of the federal debt. The government will sell $32 billion in 3-year notes 3_YEAR +5.34% , $24 in 10-year notes 10_YEAR +0.65% and $16 billion in 30-year bonds]. The amounts are the same as at the last quarterly refunding and match analysts' estimates. The sales will refund about $24.4 billion of debt maturing on Aug. 15 and will raise about $47.6 billion in new cash, the department said. The debt deal signed by President Barack Obama just Tuesday allowed the Treasury to keep meeting its obligations and repay the trust funds it borrowed from as it was approaching the debt ceiling, the department said in a press release.
