Twenty-Year Bond Auction Attracts Slightly Below Average Demand

(RTTNews) - The Treasury Department announced the results of this month's auction of $12 billion worth of twenty-year bonds on Wednesday, revealing the sale attracted modestly below average demand.

The twenty-year bond auction drew a high yield of 4.395 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.50.

Last month, the Treasury also sold $12 billion worth of twenty-year bonds, drawing a high yield of 3.820 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.65.

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 twenty-year bond auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.54.