• 10yr Treasury auction
    • 4.438 vs 4.458 expectations
  • bid to cover
    • 2.67 vs 2.49 avg

This was a very well-received auction, both in terms of the yield award coming in 2bps below the expected level and in terms of the bid-to-cover coming in almost 20bps above the recent average.

10yr yields are down 5bps now at 4.433.  MBS are up 5 ticks (.16) now after being unchanged before the auction.