Treasury auctions · 1-Year 10-Month FRN, reopening

2-year FRN auction of 22 June 2022 (reopening)

The 2-year FRN sold $22 billion at a high discount margin of -0.003% on , with a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.49.

Discount margin at each 2-year FRN auction

The last 36 auctions, this one last

Discount margin at each 2-year FRN auction, 28 Aug 2019 to 22 Jun 2022
Discount margin at each 2-year FRN auction, 24 Jun 2020 to 22 Jun 2022

Bid-to-cover ratio at each 2-year FRN auction

The last 36 auctions, this one last

Bid-to-cover ratio at each 2-year FRN auction, 28 Aug 2019 to 22 Jun 2022
Bid-to-cover ratio at each 2-year FRN auction, 24 Jun 2020 to 22 Jun 2022

Who bought the 2-year FRN of 22 Jun 2022

Shares of the competitive bids accepted

  • Indirect bidders 67.2%
  • Direct bidders 6.9%
  • Primary dealers 25.9%
This auction, 22 Jun 2022
  • Indirect bidders 73.1%
  • Direct bidders 4.6%
  • Primary dealers 22.3%
The 2-year FRN auction before, 25 May 2022

Each point is one 2-year FRN auction, this one last; pointing at the chart shows its date and figures.

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  • Indirect bidders67.2%
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Discount margin and bid-to-cover of the last 36 2-year FRN auctions, newest first
AuctionDiscount margin, %Bid-to-cover
-0.0033.49
0.0003.22
-0.0752.51
-0.0553.75
-0.0503.22
-0.0153.34
0.0304.03
0.0382.80
0.0352.99
0.0262.84
0.0263.17
0.0293.04
0.0303.23
0.0303.03
0.0342.91
0.0353.25
0.0452.88
0.0492.82
0.0602.83
0.0532.90
0.0553.22
0.0582.88
0.0552.85
0.0553.29
0.0803.16
0.0983.12
0.1143.02
0.2202.91
0.1602.49
0.1543.23
0.2604.17
0.2455.40
0.2402.50
0.3002.58
0.2902.66
0.2382.92

Observed .

Right now

The high discount margin was -0.003% on 22 June 2022, down from 0.000% at the auction before.

Higher than 4 of the 102 since 29 January 2014

Its own history

Against the previous 24 2-year FRN auctions, the bid-to-cover ratio was higher than 22 of the 24.

The primary dealers' share was higher than 4 of them.

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Who bought

Indirect bidders took the largest share of the competitive bids accepted.

  • Indirect bidders 67.2%
  • Direct bidders 6.9%
  • Primary dealers 25.9%

Size

Treasury sold $22 billion of the $22 billion offered.

Bids received came to $76.754 billion; the bid-to-cover ratio was 3.49.

Its bid-to-cover of 3.49 compares with the 24 auctions before it: lowest 2.51 on , highest 4.03 on ; 64.5% of the way from the low to the high.

3.49

Low 2.51 Midpoint 3.270 High 4.03

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Understanding this result

Where it stands today

The high discount margin was -0.003% at this 2-year FRN auction, the median discount margin -0.010% and a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.49.

What do these figures measure?

The high discount margin is the highest rate Treasury accepted; every winning bidder gets it. The bid-to-cover ratio is bids received divided by the amount sold. Shares are of competitive bids accepted. High minus median shows how far the accepted cut-off sat above the middle accepted bid; it is not the market's auction tail, which needs a when-issued price that is not public.

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What these figures cannot tell

  • Why it sold where it did. Results show what was bid and accepted, not the reasons behind any bid.
  • The auction tail as markets quote it. That compares the high yield with the when-issued yield just before bids closed, a market price that is not public; we show high minus median instead, a different measure.
  • Who the bidders are. Indirect bidders include foreign and international accounts bidding through the New York Fed and investors bidding through dealers; Treasury does not publish names.
  • Demand on another day. A bid-to-cover ratio counts bids at one auction against the amount offered, and the amount offered changes from auction to auction.

The numbers behind the chart

What did Treasury publish for this auction?Every field, to the dollar
2-year FRN auction of 22 June 2022: Treasury's published result, with our shares and spread marked "ours"
FieldValue
Offered as1-Year 10-Month, reopening
Offering amount$22,000,000,000
Bids received$76,754,182,500
Sold$22,000,422,500
Competitive bids accepted$21,930,240,000
Non-competitive bids accepted$65,182,500
Federal Reserve (SOMA) add-on$0
Foreign and international (FIMA) non-competitive$5,000,000
Discount margin, %-0.003
Median rate, %-0.010
Low rate, %-0.090
Interest rate (coupon), %–
Spread, %-0.075
Bids at the high rate filled, %72.99
Bid-to-cover ratio3.49
Indirect bidders accepted$14,737,240,000
Direct bidders accepted$1,510,000,000
Primary dealers accepted$5,683,000,000
Indirect bidders' share, % (ours)67.2
Direct bidders' share, % (ours)6.9
Primary dealers' share, % (ours)25.9
High minus median, basis points (ours)0.7
How does it compare with earlier auctions?The previous 12 auctions, then every window
Against the previous 12 auctions of the 2-year FRN
MeasureThis auctionMedianHigherLower
Bid-to-cover ratio3.493.202 of 1210 of 12
High discount margin-0.0030.0268 of 124 of 12
Indirect bidders' share67.270.57 of 125 of 12
Direct bidders' share6.91.22 of 1210 of 12
Primary dealers' share25.928.48 of 124 of 12
High minus median, basis points0.70.65 of 126 of 12

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The longer windows

Each measure against earlier 2-year FRN auctions: how many were higher and lower, and their median
MeasureThis auctionWindowHigherLowerMedian
Bid-to-cover ratio3.49Last 24 auctions2 of 2422 of 243.04
Bid-to-cover ratio3.49All 102 since 29 January 201432 of 10270 of 1023.22
High discount margin-0.003Last 24 auctions20 of 244 of 240.034
High discount margin-0.003All 102 since 29 January 201498 of 1024 of 1020.069
Indirect bidders' share67.2Last 24 auctions7 of 2417 of 2459.7
Indirect bidders' share67.2All 102 since 29 January 201410 of 10292 of 10248.8
Direct bidders' share6.9Last 24 auctions4 of 2420 of 241.3
Direct bidders' share6.9All 102 since 29 January 201416 of 10286 of 1021.5
Primary dealers' share25.9Last 24 auctions20 of 244 of 2435.4
Primary dealers' share25.9All 102 since 29 January 201497 of 1025 of 10248.5
High minus median, basis points0.7Last 24 auctions12 of 249 of 240.8
High minus median, basis points0.7All 102 since 29 January 201462 of 10235 of 1020.9

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When are the figures from, and how are they cited?Dates and how to cite

Observed .

Shares of competitive bids, grades against earlier auctions and the high-minus-median spread are computed by 500metrics from Treasury's published fields.

How to cite this

U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data, Treasury Securities Auctions Data, auction of 22 June 2022. Results file: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2022/R_20220622_1.pdf. Compiled by 500metrics, "2-year FRN auction of 22 June 2022 (reopening)", https://500metrics.com/treasury/auctions/2-year-frn/2022-06-22.

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