The Treasury priced the securities at a high yield of 2.367%, edging past the 2.3645% market yield recorded at the time by Tradeweb. This represents a significant uptick from the 1.955% high yield seen in the prior auction. Indirect bidders, which primarily represent foreign institutional interest, accounted for 62.0% of the competitive awards.
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Investors Cool on Five-Year TIPS as Treasury Auction Yields Rise
A $26 billion auction of five-year Inflation Protected Securities wrapped Thursday with signs of waning appetite, as the bid-to-cover ratio slipped to 2.41 from 2.61 in the previous round. The results underscored a shift in market sentiment even as broader global bond selloffs began to stabilize.
While demand for these inflation-protected notes softened, the wider bond market saw a slight recovery. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield dipped below 5% for the first time in a month as investors pivoted toward safer assets, interrupting a sustained period of volatility in global debt markets.
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