US treasury to auction off $22 billion of 30 year bonds at the top of the hour

October 10, 2024 at 05:59PM
The US treasury will auction off $22 billion of 30 year bonds at the top of the hour. The 6-month averages of the major components shows:

Tail 0.9 basis points

Bid to Cover 2 38X

Directs (domestic buyers) 18.4%

Indirect (international buyers): 65.4%

Dealers: 16.2%

At the last auction last month, the high yield was at 4.015%. Since then yields have moved higher. The current yield is 4.40% despite the 50 basis point cut at the last Fed meeting. Since then, the data has been stronger than expected with jobs showing a strong gain last week The 30 year yield moved up from 4.16% low on Friday:

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.