LONDON, Feb 20 - Gold prices were weighed down by a stronger dollar on Tuesday, dropping for the third session, but were underpinned by geopolitical worries and uncertainty about this week's huge
U.S. bond auctions.
Not exact matches
U.S. government
bond yields rose on Tuesday, as investors digested more economic data and an
auction.
Yields on
U.S. 30 - year
bonds, which are more sensitive than shorter maturities to the outlook for inflation, have jumped almost 40 basis points since last Friday and a $ 15 billion
auction of the tenor on Thursday showed waning appetite for the securities.
The Institutionalization of Treasury Note and
Bond Auctions, 1970 - 1975 A new study by Kenneth D. Garbade identifies the 1970 - 1975 period as a milestone in the
U.S. Treasury market's evolution from fixed - price offerings of notes and
bonds to market - driven
auctions.
the initial sale of
U.S. debt obligations and new issues, offered and purchased directly from the
U.S. government at a face value set at
auction; these securities are
auctioned in a single - priced, Dutch
auction;
auctions are held with the following frequencies: Treasury bills with one - month (30 day), three - month (90 day), and six - month (180 day) maturities are
auctioned weekly; treasury notes with two - and five - year maturities are
auctioned monthly; Notes with three - year maturities are
auctioned in February, May, August, and November; treasury
bonds with 10 - year maturities are
auctioned in February, May, August, and November.
the price paid for fixed ‐ income securities purchased directly from the issuer; for example, a Treasury
Auction bond purchased directly from the
U.S. government would cost $ 1,000 at face value
the initial sale of
U.S. debt obligations and new issues, offered and purchased directly from the
U.S. government at a face value set at
auction; these securities are
auctioned in a single - priced, Dutch
auction;
auctions are held with the following frequencies: Treasury bills with one - month (30 day), three - month (90 day), and six - month (180 day) maturities are
auctioned weekly; treasury notes with two - and five - year maturities are
auctioned monthly; Notes with three - year maturities are
auctioned in February, May, August, and November; treasury
bonds with 10 - year maturities are
auctioned in February, May, August, and November.
Good
Auction Demand Sends Treasury
Bonds Higher March Treasury
Bonds surged to the upside and erased all of Wednesdayâ $ ™ s losses following the weak
U.S. economic reports.
See todays Bloomberg News: ¨ Indirect bidders, a group of investors that includes foreign central banks, purchased 45 percent of the $ 1.917 trillion in
U.S. notes and
bonds sold this year through Nov. 25, compared with 29 percent a year ago, according to Fed
auction data compiled by Bloomberg News.
The most recently
auctioned U.S. Treasury
bond of a particular maturity.
An
auction is how the
U.S. Treasury sells Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury
bonds, and Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS).