14.01.2016 19:25:34

Treasury Auctions $13 Billion Worth Of Thirty-Year Bonds

(RTTNews) - Finishing off this week's series of long-term securities auctions, the Treasury Department sold $13 billion worth of thirty-year bonds on Thursday.

The thirty-year bond auction drew a high yield of 2.905 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.29.

The Treasury also sold $13 billion worth of thirty-year bonds last month, drawing a high yield of 2.978 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.42.

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 2.34.

Today's thirty-year bond auction came after the Treasury sold $24 billion worth of three-year notes on Tuesday and $21 billion worth of ten-year notes on Wednesday.

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