The US treasury will auction off $16 billion of 20 year bonds at the top of the hour. The six-month averages of the major components shows:

  • Bid-to-cover 2.57X
  • Tail 0.4 basis points
  • Dealers 15.7%
  • Directs (domestic buyers) 17.1%
  • Indirects (nternational buyers) 67.2%

The last auction went off at a high yield of 4.81%. The current 20 year yield is at 5.049%. The Bid to cover was at 2.63X and the Tail was at -0.4 bps.

Source: Forex Live