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10Y Auction: Another Tail With Soft Internals

US TSYS/SUPPLY
  • The 10Y auction continued it recent poor run, tailing for four auctions running, this time with 1.5bps (high yield 3.791% vs Bloomberg WI 3.776%). It follows a 1.1bp tail in May and a prior five-auction average tail of 0.6bps.
  • Primary dealers see a sizable pick-up at 17.80% (May 13.04%, 5-auction av 13.67%), with the share taken out of indirects at 62.28% (May 67.5%, 5-auction av 67.84%) for its lowest since December.
  • Bid-cover also on the low side, at 2.36 vs May 2.45 and 5-auction av 2.47, lowest since March.
  • 10YY have lifted ~1bp since shortly before the auction for +4.3bps on the day amidst the bear steepening with 2s10s pushing +3.7bps higher on the day at -81bps.

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