Rate Hike Jitters Return In Poor, Tailing 7Y Treasury Auction

And just like that the rate market’s perception has shifted. Following two stellar auctions earlier this week, namely a blockbuster auction of 2Y and 5Y bonds, which saw such strong demand we concluded that nobody appeared to be concerned about tomorrow’s Yellen testimony at least in the primary bond market. That, however changed moments ago when the Treasury sold $28 billion “belly”, 7Y bonds, at a yield of 1.423%, tailing the When Issued by 1.3 bps, the first tail in this tenor since February.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Aug 25, 2016.