Three-Year Note Auction Attracts Below Average Demand

(RTTNews) - Kicking off this week's series of long-term securities auctions, the Treasury Department sold $32 billion worth of three-year notes on Tuesday, attracting below average demand.

The three-year note auction drew a high yield of 0.719 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.35.

Last month, the Treasury also sold $32 billion worth of three-year notes, drawing a high yield of 0.581 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.95.

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 three-year note auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 3.50.

Following today's three-year note auction, the Treasury is due to sell $21 billion worth of ten-year notes on Wednesday and $13 billion worth of thirty-year bonds on Thursday.