Weekly T-Bills Go At 0.045%, 0.075% High Rates

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.045% high rate, unchanged from 0.045% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.075% high rate, down from 0.080% the week before.

Coupon equivalents were 0.046% and 0.076%, respectively.

The price for the 91s was 99.988625 and that for the 182s was 99.962083.

The median bid on the 91s was 0.040%. The low bid was 0.035%.

Tenders at the high rate were allotted 90.94%. The bid-to-cover ratio was 4.35.

Tenders totaled $130,492,862,100 and the Treasury accepted $30,000,282,100 including $491,742,100 of non-competitive.

The Fed banks bought nothing for themselves.

The median bid for the 182s was 0.070%. The low bid was 0.050%.

Tenders at the high rate were allotted 72.18%. The bid-to-cover ratio was 4.78.

Tenders totaled $119,490,586,000 and the Treasury accepted $25,000,047,000, including $429,286,000 of non-competitive.

The Fed banks bought nothing for themselves.

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