george rusnak, lisa hornby, and mike buchanan. andng up, the auction block african nations set a record for selling bonds. that conversation is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: i'm jonathan ferro, this is "bloomberg real yield." united states treasury sold more than $200 billion this week in bonds. i want to focus on the $17 billion 30 year u.s. treasury 3.13%, the-year-old highest since march 2017 with indirect bidders purchasing the most since january. italy holding a bond auction amid the country trying to form a populist governments. the offering was met with solid demand and finally, in emerging markets, ghana to find the -- is -- the recent on-demand for $2.5 billion euro bond exceed supply for time, ghana got more than $800 billion in bids. talk little bit about emerging markets is george rusnak, lisa hornby, and mike buchanan from western asset management. we brought this up last week on the program and the in pain has discontinued. ago, argentina can come to market and access them quite easily and issue a century bond