Treasury indexed 10-year TIPs go at 0.420% high yield

The Treasury Department sold $11 billion of inflation-indexed 9-year, 8-month TIPs at a 0.420% high yield, an adjusted price of 100.496978, with a 3/8% coupon.

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The US Treasury Department has appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court a pair of lawsuits with Ohio and Kentucky that have blocked the department from enforcing an ARPA provision that restricts the states from using the funds to offset tax cuts.

The bid-to-cover ratio was 2.56.

Tenders at the market-clearing yield were allotted 73.08%.

The notes are dated May 31 and are due Jan. 15, 2027.

Among competitive tenders, the median yield was 0.389% and the low yield 0.311%, Treasury said.

Tenders totaled $28,164,772,100 of which the Treasury accepted $11,000,038,700. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $28,838,700. Fed banks bought $1,323,344,500 for their own accounts.

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