Seven-Year Note Auction Attracts Average Demand

(RTTNews) - After reporting average demand for this month's two-year and five-year note auctions earlier this week, the Treasury Department on Thursday revealed this month's auction of $37 billion worth of seven-year notes also attracted average demand.

The seven-year note auction drew a high yield of 4.673 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.47.

Last month, the Treasury sold $36 billion worth of seven-year notes, drawing a high yield of 4.212 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.66.

The bid-to-cover ratio is a measure of demand that indicates the amount of bids for each dollar worth of securities being sold.

The ten previous seven-year note auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.50.

As mentioned above, the Treasury revealed earlier this week that this month's auctions of $48 billion worth of two-year notes and $49 billion worth of five-year notes also attracted average demand.