Treasury supply
WatchAuctions and buybacks: are buyers showing up, and is Treasury bidding for its own paper?
Latest coupon auction
calm since 7 Oct 2026 (was watch)
29-Year 10-Month auction on 8 Oct 2026: bid-to-cover 2.54× vs 2.42× trailing-12 mean; dealers 6.8 %, indirects 72.3 %; high yield 5.618 %; tail not computed.
- btc
- 2.54×
- dealer share
- 6.8 %
- indirect share
- 72.3 %
- direct share
- 20.9 %
- high yield
- 5.618 %
- tail bp
- not computed
- 12-auction mean btc
- 2.42×
- 12-auction mean dealer share
- 10.3 %
The when-issued tail is not computed (no free source). It is shown only when the editor enters it with a citation. All auctions →
Thresholds, rules and references
- Calm
btc >= mean12(btc) - 0.10 and dealer_share <= mean12(dealer_share) + 5 and indirect_share >= mean12(indirect_share) - 5 - Watch
otherwise - Stress
btc < 2.0 or dealer_share >= 30 - Breach
dealer_share >= 50 or (tail_bp is not null and tail_bp >= 3 and term in ['10-Year','30-Year']) - Project rules: he names the internals (indirect bid first, then tail, then bid-to-cover) but gives no numbers; bands are relative to the trailing twelve auctions of the same term
Explainer → Why the Treasury's Nightmare May Soon Be Yours The Informationist, 29 Mar 2026 · CSV · JSON
- 7 Oct 2026 watch → Calm 9-Year 10-Month auction on 7 Oct 2026: bid-to-cover 2.77× vs 2.51× trailing-12 mean; dealers 2.5 %, indirects 80.3 %; high yield 5.300 %; tail not computed.
- 23 Sept 2026 calm → Watch 5-Year auction on 23 Sep 2026: bid-to-cover 2.21× vs 2.34× trailing-12 mean; dealers 15.8 %, indirects 54.3 %; high yield 5.033 %; tail not computed.
- 22 Sept 2026 watch → Calm 2-Year auction on 22 Sep 2026: bid-to-cover 2.63× vs 2.61× trailing-12 mean; dealers 13.2 %, indirects 57.8 %; high yield 4.787 %; tail not computed.
- 15 Sept 2026 tracking → Watch 19-Year 11-Month auction on 15 Sep 2026: bid-to-cover 2.57× vs 2.64× trailing-12 mean; dealers 16.9 %, indirects 52.5 %; high yield 5.420 %; tail not computed.
- 15 Sept 2026 Tracking 19-Year 11-Month auction on 15 Sep 2026: bid-to-cover 2.57× vs — trailing-12 mean; dealers 16.9 %, indirects 52.5 %; high yield 5.420 %; tail not computed.
Latest buyback operation
calm since 4 Nov 2026 (was stress)
1Mo to 2Y buyback on 5 Nov 2026: $47.32 B offered against a $4.0 B cap (11.8× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $4.00 B (the full cap).
- cap
- $4.00 B
- offered
- $47.32 B
- accepted
- $4.00 B
- oversubscription
- 11.8×
- cap taken pct
- 100.0 %
- intent vs cap
- $0.00 B
Thresholds, rules and references
- Calm
offered / cap >= 5 and accepted >= cap - Watch
otherwise - Stress
offered / cap < 2 - Breach
offered < cap - Project rules: his 2026-09-08 reference was 7.9–15.3× oversubscribed with 100 % of the cap taken; 5× keeps 'calm' well inside that; undersubscription would mean sellers did not show up
Explainer → Did the US Treasury Just Blink? The Informationist, 23 Aug 2026 · CSV · JSON
- 4 Nov 2026 stress → Calm 10Y to 20Y buyback on 4 Nov 2026: $39.64 B offered against a $6.0 B cap (6.6× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $6.00 B (the full cap).
- 27 Oct 2026 calm → Stress 20Y to 30Y buyback on 27 Oct 2026: $10.75 B offered against a $6.0 B cap (1.8× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $6.00 B (the full cap).
- 15 Oct 2026 watch → Calm 10Y to 20Y buyback on 15 Oct 2026: $40.84 B offered against a $6.0 B cap (6.8× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $6.00 B (the full cap).
- 6 Oct 2026 calm → Watch 2Y to 3Y buyback on 6 Oct 2026: $14.76 B offered against a $4.0 B cap (3.7× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $1.33 B (−$2.67 B vs the cap).
- 1 Oct 2026 watch → Calm 10Y to 20Y buyback on 1 Oct 2026: $46.39 B offered against a $6.0 B cap (7.7× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $6.00 B (the full cap).
- 29 Sept 2026 stress → Watch 1Y to 10Y buyback on 29 Sep 2026: $3.98 B offered against a $750 M cap (5.3× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $605 M (−$145 M vs the cap).
- 24 Sept 2026 watch → No fresh data No completed buyback operation yet.
- 24 Sept 2026 watch → Stress 20Y to 30Y buyback on 24 Sep 2026: $10.47 B offered against a $6.0 B cap (1.7× oversubscribed); Treasury accepted $4.08 B (−$1.92 B vs the cap); the 4th under-cap take in 54 long-end operations.
Buyback capacity this quarter
8 operations scheduled 1 Oct–5 Nov 2026 with caps totalling $38.8 B ($39 B liquidity support, $0 B cash management).
- Operations
- 8 (8 done)
- Liquidity support
- $38.8 B
- Cash management
- $0.0 B
- Previous quarter
- $71.0 B
Thresholds, rules and references
Metric: sum(MaximumPurchaseAmountDollars) over the current calendar window; split liquidity_support / cash_management
Explainer → Did the US Treasury Just Blink? The Informationist, 23 Aug 2026 · CSV · JSON
- 17 Sept 2026 unknown → Tracking 16 operations scheduled 1 Jul–17 Sep 2026 with caps totalling $64.3 B ($39 B liquidity support, $25 B cash management).
Foreign official holdings of Treasuries
Foreign official holdings fell $17.5 B on the month to $3 755.6 B (no consecutive monthly rise).
Thresholds, rules and references
Explainer → The Informationist Institutional, No. 1 — The Global Bond Bar Tab quarterly letter for professional allocators; members-only PDF, no public permalink, 20 Sept 2026 · CSV · JSON
- 1 Jul 2026 unknown → Tracking Foreign official holdings fell $5.0 B on the month to $3 773.1 B (no consecutive monthly rise).