Treasury Auctions Thursday March 9

Thursday's Auctions

 

4-week: Tender $180.16bn; Accept $66.19bn; T/A=2.72; Median yield 4.6 percent.

Maturing batch: $75.99bn at 4.45 percent. Estimated annualized debt-cost mark-up: $-337m

SOMA sales equal to 1.79 percent of accepted volume.

8-week: Tender $127.66bn; Accept $56bn; T/A=2.28; Median yield 4.725 percent.

Maturing batch: $55.96bn at 4.42 percent. Estimated annualized debt-cost mark-up: $305m

SOMA sales equal to 1.79 percent of accepted volume.

30-year: Tender $42.32bn; Accept $18bn; T/A=2.35; Median yield 3.804 percent.

Maturing batch unknown due to insufficient Treasury data. 

SOMA sales at zero.

Estimated average interest on debt: 2.41 percent

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