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Five-Year Note Auction Attracts Average Demand

The Treasury Department announced the results of this month's auction of $58 billion worth of five-year notes on Wednesday, revealing the sale attracted average demand.

The five-year note auction drew a high yield of 3.801 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.50.

The Treasury sold $55 billion worth of five-year notes last month, drawing a high yield of 4.420 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.46.

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 five-year note auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.51.

On Tuesday, the Treasury revealed this month's auction of $57 billion worth of two-year notes also attracted roughly average demand.

The Treasury is due to announce the results of this month's auction of $40 billion worth of seven-year notes on Thursday.

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