Three-Year Note Auction Attracts Average Demand

(RTTNews) - The Treasury Department kicked off this week's series of announcements of the results of its long-term securities auctions on Tuesday, revealing this month's auction of $54 billion worth of three-year notes attracted average demand.

The three-year note auction drew a high yield of 1.000 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.43.

The Treasury sold $56 billion worth of three-year notes last month, drawing a high yield of 0.750 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.33.

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 2.44.

Looking ahead, the Treasury is due to announce the results of this month's auction of $ 36 billion worth of ten-year notes and $22 billion worth of thirty-year bonds on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.