Treasury Auctions Thursday Feb. 9

Thursday's auctions:

4-week: Tender $197.98bn; Accept $75.99bn; T/A=2.61; Median yield 4.45 percent.

Maturing batch: $61.04bn at 4.26 percent. Estimated annualized debt-cost mark-up: $781m

8-week: Tender $139.99bn; Accept $60.79bn; T/A=2.30; Median yield 4.55 percent.

Maturing batch: $46.5bn at 3.91 percent. Estimated annualized debt-cost mark up: $555m 

30-year: Tender $55.39bn; Accept $29.21bn; T/A=1.90; Median yield 3.572 percent.

No maturing batch on record.

SOMA sales: $8.206bn, 28.1 percent of accepted volume. SOMA-adjusted T/A=2.64

Total annualized debt-cost mark up for 4- and 8-week bills: $1.636bn

Estimated average interest on debt: 2.33 percent

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