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Tuesday's 20-Year Auction Settles on Bank of Japan Day. Last Month's Tailed Half a Basis Point.
Treasury's own tentative schedule confirms the 20-year bond auction for Tuesday 15 September, settling Friday 18 September — Bank of Japan day. Last month's $18bn went at 5.204% against a 5.199% when-issued, a half-basis-point tail with 62.93% indirects. Last week's 3-year, 10-year and 30-year all settle Tuesday, the day the FOMC convenes. None of it is on your FX calendar.
Treasury Sells 10-Year Paper at 17:00 UTC and Starts Buying the Long End Back the Same Day
London took the dollar index below 98.70 this morning and handed it all back by 10:49 UTC. There is no 12:30 UTC release today. The dated event is the 10-year reopening at 17:00 UTC, against a 12 August stop of 4.683% and a cash 10-year at 4.81% — the eighth consecutive auction to clear higher, if it does. And Treasury's enlarged long-end buybacks start the same day.
The 3-Year Auction Went Fine. It Cleared 18 Basis Points Higher Than the Last One.
The US sold $58bn of 3-year notes at 4.474% with a 0.1bp stop-through, bid-to-cover 2.72 against a 2.62 average. Demand was normal — at 18bp more than the last auction, with the 10-year through 4.8%. Front-end yields rose and the dollar still could not reclaim 155 against the yen. What that says about any rate-differential signal, and the week's schedule in UTC.