Treasury auctions · 5-year 2-month note

How did the latest 5-year 2-month Treasury note auction go?

The last 5-year 2-month note auction was on ; Treasury published no result for it.

Discontinued Treasury has not auctioned this term since 28 November 1990.

High yield at each 5-year 2-month note auction

47 auctions with results since 26 Feb 198047 on this page

High yield at each 5-year 2-month note auction, 26 Feb 1980 to 28 Nov 1990
High yield at each 5-year 2-month note auction, 3 Dec 1980 to 28 Nov 1990
High yield at each 5-year 2-month note auction, 23 Feb 1989 to 28 Nov 1990

Each point is one auction; pointing at the chart shows its date and figures. The full results are under "The numbers behind the chart".

The lineLatest:

  • High yield7.950%
Inspect and compare dates

The latest 5-year 2-month note auction beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier.

The 5-year 2-month note auction of 28 Nov 1990 beside earlier ones
MeasureLatestThe auction beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Auction
High yield, %7.9508.5808.2609.13011.780
Sold, $ billion9.0278.9768.2507.6493.066

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Observed .

Right now

The high yield was 7.950% on 28 November 1990, down from 8.580% at the auction before.

Higher than 6 of the 46 since 26 February 1980

Its own history

Against the previous 24 5-year 2-month note auctions, the high yield was higher than 6 of the 24.

The high minus median was higher than 0 of them.

See every measure against earlier auctions

Size

Treasury offered $9 billion and sold $9.027 billion on 28 Nov 1990.

Understanding the 5-year 2-month note auction

Where it stands today

The high yield was 7.950% at the 5-year 2-month note auction of .

What do these figures measure?

The high yield 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

How does the latest auction compare with earlier ones?Every measure, window by window
Each measure against earlier 5-year 2-month note auctions: how many were higher and lower, and their median
MeasureThis auctionWindowHigherLowerMedian
High yield7.950Last 12 auctions10 of 122 of 128.570
High yield7.950Last 24 auctions18 of 246 of 248.510
High yield7.950All 46 since 26 February 198040 of 466 of 469.825
High minus median, basis points0.0Last 12 auctions6 of 120 of 120.5
High minus median, basis points0.0Last 24 auctions16 of 240 of 241.0
High minus median, basis points0.0All 46 since 26 February 198034 of 460 of 461.0

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What were the results of every 5-year 2-month note auction?47 auctions, newest first

47 5-year 2-month note auctions with results since 26 February 1980.

This page also lists the occasional 5-year 5-month note auctions, the nearest regular term to them.

5-year 2-month note auctions, newest first; dated links open an auction's own page
AuctionOffered asHigh yield, %Bid-to-coverOffered, $ billionSold, $ billionIndirect, %Direct, %Dealers, %High − median, bp
5-Year 2-Month7.950–9.0009.027–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month8.580–8.5008.976–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month8.560–8.5008.842–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month8.530–8.0008.265–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month7.780–8.0008.335–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month8.260–7.7508.250–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month8.720–7.5007.807–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month9.490–7.7508.462–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month8.980–7.5007.764–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month9.040–7.2507.448–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month8.770–7.0007.336–––0.0
3-Year, reopening8.240–8.75012.688–––1.0
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5-year 2-month note auctions, newest first; dated links open an auction's own page (continued)
AuctionOffered asHigh yield, %Bid-to-coverOffered, $ billionSold, $ billionIndirect, %Direct, %Dealers, %High − median, bp
5-Year 2-Month7.660–7.2508.082–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month8.310–7.5008.235–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month8.490–7.7508.532–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month8.270–8.0008.475–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month6.740–8.2508.401–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month6.670–8.2508.526–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month6.520–8.0008.342–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month7.550–7.7507.771–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month8.130–7.5007.838–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month9.130–7.5007.649–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month9.630–7.2507.814–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month10.030–1.0001.000–––3.0
5-Year 2-Month9.960–7.0007.167–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month11.430–7.0007.005–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month11.300–1.0001.000–––5.0
5-Year 2-Month11.030–6.7506.927–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month12.780–6.5006.531–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month13.960–6.2506.251–––3.0
5-Year 2-Month11.850–6.0006.044–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month11.370–6.0006.224–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month11.820–6.0006.008–––3.0
5-Year 2-Month10.500–5.7505.763–––0.0
5-Year 2-Month10.000–5.5005.935–––4.0
5-Year 2-Month10.230–5.0005.024–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month12.690–4.7505.362–––1.0
5-Year 2-Month13.730–3.7504.038–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month14.050–3.2503.506–––4.0
5-Year 2-Month12.850–3.2503.424–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month16.190–3.2503.456–––5.0
5-Year 5-Month14.020–3.0003.195–––7.0
5-Year 2-Month13.810–3.2503.449–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month13.540–3.0003.174–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month11.780–3.0003.066–––2.0
5-Year 2-Month9.690–3.0003.289–––3.0
5-Year 2-Month14.500–2.5002.700–––11.0

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What do the figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, 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, through 28 November 1990. Compiled by 500metrics, "How did the latest 5-year 2-month Treasury note auction go?", https://500metrics.com/treasury/auctions/5-year-2-month-note.

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