2-year FRN auction of 29 October 2014 (new issue)

The 2-year FRN sold $15 billion at a high discount margin of 0.053% on 29 October 2014, with a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.58.

Announced: 23 Oct 2014
Issued: 31 Oct 2014
Matures: 31 Oct 2016

Discount margin

0.053%

Median discount margin 0.050%

Bid-to-cover

3.58

▼ −0.87 since 24 Sep

Sold

$15.00 billion

$15 billion offered

Indirect bidders

46.6%

Of competitive bids accepted

Discount margin at the last 10 2-year FRN auctions

Discount margin at each 2-year FRN auction, %

Source: U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data, Treasury Securities Auctions Data. Observed 29 Oct 2014.

The 10 auctions as a table

Discount margin and bid-to-cover of the last 10 2-year FRN auctions, newest first
Auction	Discount margin, %	Bid-to-cover
29 Oct 2014	0.053	3.58
24 Sep 2014	0.041	4.45
27 Aug 2014	0.055	4.38
30 Jul 2014	0.070	4.09
25 Jun 2014	0.069	4.43
28 May 2014	0.063	4.69
29 Apr 2014	0.069	4.64
26 Mar 2014	0.069	4.67
26 Feb 2014	0.064	5.29
29 Jan 2014	0.045	5.67

Against its own history

Against every earlier 2-year FRN auction we hold
Measure	This auction	Median	Higher	Lower
Bid-to-cover ratio	3.58	4.64	9 of 9	0 of 9
High discount margin	0.053	0.064	7 of 9	2 of 9
Indirect bidders' share	46.6	40.1	2 of 9	7 of 9
Direct bidders' share	3.3	4.8	7 of 9	2 of 9
Primary dealers' share	50.1	53.2	6 of 9	3 of 9
High minus median, basis points	0.3	0.3	4 of 9	3 of 9

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Who bought the 2-year FRN?

Primary dealers took 50.1% of the competitive bids accepted

Share of competitive bids accepted, %. Grey: the previous 2-year FRN auction, 24 September 2014

The shares as a table

Shares of competitive bids accepted, %
Bidder	This auction	Previous
Indirect bidders	46.6	54.4
Direct bidders	3.3	4.6
Primary dealers	50.1	41.0

About these figures

Treasury's full result, how to read it, its limits and sources

Treasury's published result

2-year FRN auction of 29 October 2014: Treasury's published result, with our shares and spread marked "ours"
Field	Value
Offered as	2-Year, new issue
Offering amount	$15,000,000,000
Bids received	$53,652,923,100
Sold	$15,000,191,100
Competitive bids accepted	$14,981,768,000
Non-competitive bids accepted	$18,423,100
Federal Reserve (SOMA) add-on	$0
Foreign and international (FIMA) non-competitive	$0
Discount margin, %	0.053
Median rate, %	0.050
Low rate, %	0.035
Interest rate (coupon), %	–
Spread, %	0.053
Bids at the high rate filled, %	10.62
Bid-to-cover ratio	3.58
Indirect bidders accepted	$6,975,123,000
Direct bidders accepted	$500,000,000
Primary dealers accepted	$7,506,645,000
Indirect bidders' share, % (ours)	46.6
Direct bidders' share, % (ours)	3.3
Primary dealers' share, % (ours)	50.1
High minus median, basis points (ours)	0.3

Treasury's own files: announcement (PDF) · results (PDF)

How to read this result

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.

What this number cannot tell you

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.

Sources

Source: U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data, Treasury Securities Auctions Data. Observed 29 Oct 2014.

Shares of competitive bids, grades against earlier auctions and the high-minus-median spread are computed by 500metrics from Treasury's published fields; how.

How to cite this

U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data, Treasury Securities Auctions Data, auction of 29 October 2014. Results file: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2014/R_20141029_1.pdf. Compiled by 500metrics, "2-year FRN auction of 29 October 2014 (new issue)", https://500metrics.com/treasury/auctions/2-year-frn/2014-10-29.

Sources and licence

U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data (source). Licence: Public domain, a work of the US federal government

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