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2-year FRN auction of 29 October 2024 (new issue)

The 2-year FRN sold $30.506 billion at a high discount margin of 0.205% on , with a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.95.

Discount margin at each 2-year FRN auction

The last 36 auctions, this one last

Discount margin at each 2-year FRN auction, 29 Dec 2021 to 29 Oct 2024
Discount margin at each 2-year FRN auction, 22 Nov 2022 to 29 Oct 2024

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, 29 Dec 2021 to 29 Oct 2024
Bid-to-cover ratio at each 2-year FRN auction, 22 Nov 2022 to 29 Oct 2024

Who bought the 2-year FRN of 29 Oct 2024

Shares of the competitive bids accepted

  • Indirect bidders 75.7%
  • Direct bidders 0.8%
  • Primary dealers 23.5%
This auction, 29 Oct 2024
  • Indirect bidders 56.5%
  • Direct bidders 0.9%
  • Primary dealers 42.6%
The 2-year FRN auction before, 25 Sep 2024

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  • Indirect bidders75.7%
Inspect and compare dates
Discount margin and bid-to-cover of the last 36 2-year FRN auctions, newest first
AuctionDiscount margin, %Bid-to-cover
0.2052.95
0.2612.86
0.2352.65
0.1823.25
0.1552.92
0.1393.40
0.1503.33
0.1903.22
0.2002.99
0.2453.61
0.2502.93
0.2002.84
0.1703.23
0.1803.42
0.1652.42
0.1252.58
0.1343.39
0.1702.88
0.1693.04
0.1903.51
0.1603.29
0.2002.80
0.2393.40
0.2202.45
0.1402.65
0.0922.84
0.0902.57
0.0373.13
-0.0105.32
-0.0033.49
0.0003.22
-0.0752.51
-0.0553.75
-0.0503.22
-0.0153.34
0.0304.03

Observed .

Right now

The high discount margin was 0.205% on 29 October 2024, down from 0.261% at the auction before.

Higher than 111 of the 131 since 29 January 2014

Its own history

Against the previous 24 2-year FRN auctions, the indirect bidders' share was higher than 23 of the 24.

The primary dealers' share was higher than 1 of them.

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Who bought

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

  • Indirect bidders 75.7%
  • Direct bidders 0.8%
  • Primary dealers 23.5%

Size

Treasury sold $30.506 billion of the $30 billion offered.

Bids received came to $88.945 billion; the bid-to-cover ratio was 2.95.

Its bid-to-cover of 2.95 compares with the 24 auctions before it: lowest 2.42 on , highest 3.61 on ; 44.5% of the way from the low to the high.

2.95

Low 2.42 Midpoint 3.015 High 3.61

The security2-Year, new issue

Announced
Issued
Matures

It adds to the debt that matures in October 2026.

Understanding this result

Where it stands today

The high discount margin was 0.205% at this 2-year FRN auction, the median discount margin 0.190% and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.95.

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
FieldValue
Offered as2-Year, new issue
Offering amount$30,000,000,000
Bids received$88,944,578,400
Sold$30,506,099,400
Competitive bids accepted$29,959,221,000
Non-competitive bids accepted$40,820,000
Federal Reserve (SOMA) add-on$506,058,400
Foreign and international (FIMA) non-competitive$0
Discount margin, %0.205
Median rate, %0.190
Low rate, %0.150
Interest rate (coupon), %–
Spread, %0.205
Bids at the high rate filled, %60.69
Bid-to-cover ratio2.95
Indirect bidders accepted$22,676,116,000
Direct bidders accepted$250,000,000
Primary dealers accepted$7,033,105,000
Indirect bidders' share, % (ours)75.7
Direct bidders' share, % (ours)0.8
Primary dealers' share, % (ours)23.5
High minus median, basis points (ours)1.5
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 ratio2.953.107 of 125 of 12
High discount margin0.2050.1954 of 128 of 12
Indirect bidders' share75.764.31 of 1211 of 12
Direct bidders' share0.80.55 of 127 of 12
Primary dealers' share23.535.011 of 121 of 12
High minus median, basis points1.52.07 of 125 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 ratio2.95Last 24 auctions13 of 2411 of 243.02
Bid-to-cover ratio2.95All 131 since 29 January 201488 of 13143 of 1313.22
High discount margin0.205Last 24 auctions6 of 2418 of 240.181
High discount margin0.205All 131 since 29 January 201420 of 131111 of 1310.086
Indirect bidders' share75.7Last 24 auctions1 of 2423 of 2465.3
Indirect bidders' share75.7All 131 since 29 January 20143 of 131128 of 13151.8
Direct bidders' share0.8Last 24 auctions11 of 2413 of 240.5
Direct bidders' share0.8All 131 since 29 January 201482 of 13149 of 1311.3
Primary dealers' share23.5Last 24 auctions23 of 241 of 2434.2
Primary dealers' share23.5All 131 since 29 January 2014128 of 1313 of 13146.0
High minus median, basis points1.5Last 24 auctions18 of 245 of 242.3
High minus median, basis points1.5All 131 since 29 January 201441 of 13184 of 1311.0

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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 29 October 2024. Results file: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2024/R_20241029_3.pdf. Compiled by 500metrics, "2-year FRN auction of 29 October 2024 (new issue)", https://500metrics.com/treasury/auctions/2-year-frn/2024-10-29.

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