." ♪ ♪ jonathan: i'm jonathan fehro. to the option block. united states sold $3 trillion this week in bonds. i want to focus on the record size auction for that maturity. it drew a yield of 3.3%, the highest since 2017. indirect bidders purchased the most since january. we go over to europe. italy holding a bond option trying to form a populace government. an average yield of 1.34%. the offering was met with solid demand. finally, in emerging markets, ghana defined the recent turmoil as it extends a record setting year for africa. it's on demand for its bond exceeds supply four times. still with me to talk a little bit about emerging markets is george from wells fargo, lisa holmby, and michael cannon. is george from wells fargo, lisa holmby, and michael cannon. michael, we brought this up last week on the program, and the em pain has just continued. june 2017, argentina can come to market. access and issue a century bond. a year later they're requesting imf aid. is this an argentina issue, or do we have a broader em story where things got to