Treasury Auctions (5,7,10,20,30 year)
Yesterday’s 30-year Treasury Bond auction drew mixed results. Some of the benchmarks we use to gauge investor appetite for the securities indicated a solid investor demand compared to last month’s auction, but in line with an average of the six preceding sales. There was a modest drop in bidding from international investors, which falls in the negative column, even though overall bidding was fairly strong. It appears the most noticeable part of yesterday’s afternoon bond weakness began about an hour after results were announced at 1:00 PM ET. This means that while the auction results may have contributed to the afternoon increase in rates, they weren’t the core reason for it.