US Treasury Analysis: 28-Day Bill Auction

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Source: Dukascopy Bank SA
The U.S. government easily sold $110 billion worth of short-term, 4-week IOUs (Treasury bills) that pay investors an annual return of about 3.70%. Demand was strong, resulting in a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.84 as buyers offered to lend nearly three times as much money ($312.3 billion in total bids) as the government actually needed. Most of the debt was bought by foreign institutions and central banks, who snapped up roughly 65% of the available bills, while regular U.S. banks and domestic investment funds purchased the rest.



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