Thirty-Year Bond Auction Attracts Above Average Demand
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.The U.S. Treasury announced that its $22 billion auction of thirty-year bonds attracted above-average demand, with a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.61 and a high yield of 5.308 percent. This exceeds the average ratio of 2.41 from the previous ten auctions. Additionally, the Treasury plans to sell $13 billion in twenty-year bonds, with results due next Tuesday.
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The Treasury Department announced the results of this month's auction of $22 billion worth of thirty-year bonds on Thursday, revealing the sale attracted above average demand.
The thirty-year bond auction drew a high yield of 5.308 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.61.
Last month, the Treasury sold $25 billion worth of thirty-year bonds, drawing a high yield of 5.216 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.39.
The bid-to-cover ratio is a measure of demand that indicates the amount of bids for each dollar worth of securities being sold.
The ten previous thirty-year bond auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.41.
Earlier in the day, the Treasury also announced the details of this month's auction of twenty-year bonds.
The Treasury revealed plans to sell $13 billion worth of twenty-year bonds, with the results of the auction due to be announced next Tuesday.
Earlier this week, the Treasury revealed this month's auctions of $58 billion worth of three-year notes, $39 billion worth of ten-year notes also attracted above average demand.
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