US treasury to auction off $22 billion of 30 year bonds at 1 PM ET

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The U.S. Treasury will complete their coupon auctions for the week with the sale of $22 billion and 30 year bonds at 1 PM ET. The auction results will be compared to the 6 month averages of the major components.

  • The 3-year note auction on Tuesday was met with strong demand.
  • The 10-year note auction yesterday was met with average demand.

What will the demand be for the longest treasury issue today?

Below are the 6 month averages of the major components:

  • Tail -0.2 basis points.
  • Bid to cover 2.37X
  • Directs 25.8%
  • Indirects 61.2%
  • Dealers 13.0%

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.