The U.S. Treasury will non-compulsory $16 million of 20 12 months bonds at 1 PM ET. The 20-year bond has the next yield than the extra liquid 30-year bond (at the moment at 4.461%) and can also be greater than the 10-year yield at 4.3009%.
Public sale Historical past of the main parts and their 6-month averages reveals:
- Excessive Yield: earlier public sale at 4.423%.
- Tail: Earlier public sale tail at 0.8 bps, 6-auction common at 0.1 bps.
- Bid-to-Cowl Ratio: Earlier public sale at 2.53x, 6-auction common at 2.59x.
- Allocation:
- Sellers: Earlier 17.3%, 6-auction common 12.1%.
- Directs (a measure of home demand): Earlier 20.5%, 6-auction common 19.8%.
- Indirects (a measure of worldwide demand), Earlier 62.2%, 6-auction common 68.2%.
This text was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.
