The US treasury will auction off $38 billion of 7 year notes at the top of the hour.

The 6 month averages of the major components shows:

  • bid to cover 2.42x
  • directs (a measure of domestic demand) 22.6%
  • Indirects (a measure of international demand), 62.9%
  • Dealers (they take the rest), 14.6%.
  • Tail, +0.3 basis points