Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

9128274Y5 · 3.875% due January 15, 2009

Original term
10-Year
Maturity
Jan 15, 2009
Coupon
3.875%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Jan 15, 1999
First coupon
Jul 15, 1999
Priced through
Jan 14, 2009
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, January 13, 2009

An inflation-linked security prices off a real curve, so its yield is a real yield, a return above inflation rather than in cash terms, and its principal is indexed. The figures below are in REAL terms unless labeled otherwise.

Real yield
withheld
Index ratio
1.3100
Real duration
0.003 yr
DV01
0.0000
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
100.000
Accrued (real)
1.927
Real dirty price
101.927
Indexed principal
130.996
Money clean price
130.996

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.3100 means the principal is worth that many times its original face today. So the real clean price of 100.000 is not what a buyer pays , multiply by the ratio to get 130.996 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 0.39 cents per 100 of face rich to the real curve on that day.

Shown as a price rather than a yield. Less than a month of this security's life remained, and annualizing a stub that short is arithmetic rather than information, the same reason its real yield is withheld above.

Real yield, 90 observations

0%5%10%15%20%25%Sep 2, 2008Jan 13, 2009Sep 2, 2008Real yield2.648%Sep 5, 2008Real yield2.868%Sep 10, 2008Real yield3.393%Sep 15, 2008Real yield4.424%Sep 18, 2008Real yield5.622%Sep 23, 2008Real yield5.593%Sep 26, 2008Real yield4.808%Oct 2, 2008Real yield4.955%Oct 7, 2008Real yield5.711%Oct 10, 2008Real yield6.452%Oct 16, 2008Real yield9.665%Oct 21, 2008Real yield9.861%Oct 24, 2008Real yield10.819%Oct 29, 2008Real yield10.014%Nov 3, 2008Real yield10.434%Nov 6, 2008Real yield11.397%Nov 12, 2008Real yield12.292%Nov 17, 2008Real yield13.010%Nov 20, 2008Real yield14.145%Nov 25, 2008Real yield15.634%Dec 1, 2008Real yield16.958%Dec 4, 2008Real yield17.623%Dec 9, 2008Real yield20.174%Dec 12, 2008Real yield19.398%

Price history

91 trading days to Jan 14, 2009

98.0098.5099.0099.50100.00100.50Sep 2, 2008Jan 14, 2009Sep 2, 2008Close100.438Sep 5, 2008Close100.344Sep 10, 2008Close100.156Sep 15, 2008Close99.813Sep 18, 2008Close99.438Sep 23, 2008Close99.469Sep 26, 2008Close99.719Oct 2, 2008Close99.688Oct 7, 2008Close99.500Oct 10, 2008Close99.344Oct 16, 2008Close98.594Oct 21, 2008Close98.625Oct 24, 2008Close98.500Oct 29, 2008Close98.719Nov 3, 2008Close98.719Nov 6, 2008Close98.594Nov 12, 2008Close98.563Nov 17, 2008Close98.563Nov 20, 2008Close98.469Nov 25, 2008Close98.406Dec 1, 2008Close98.438Dec 4, 2008Close98.469Dec 9, 2008Close98.406Dec 12, 2008Close98.688Dec 17, 2008Close98.875Dec 22, 2008Close99.063Dec 26, 2008Close98.906Dec 31, 2008Close99.219Jan 6, 2009Close99.531Jan 9, 2009Close99.750Jan 14, 2009Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 9128274Y5.
DateBidOfferClose
Jan 14, 2009100.000100.000
Jan 13, 2009100.000100.000
Jan 12, 2009100.000100.000
Jan 9, 200999.81399.750
Jan 8, 200999.65699.656
Jan 7, 200999.59499.594
Jan 6, 200999.53199.531
Jan 5, 200999.50099.500
Jan 2, 200999.43899.406
Dec 31, 200899.21999.219
Dec 30, 200899.21999.219
Dec 29, 200899.18899.188
Dec 26, 200899.15698.906
Dec 24, 200899.09499.156
Dec 23, 200899.09499.031
Dec 22, 200899.06399.063
Dec 19, 200899.03199.000
Dec 18, 200898.90698.906
Dec 17, 200898.90698.875
Dec 16, 200898.87598.844

Prices are per 100 of face, from Treasury's own end-of-day file. A dash in the bid or offer column means none was posted that day.

2 auctions

A CUSIP can be auctioned more than once: Treasury reopens an existing security rather than issuing a new one, so the same bond is sold again at whatever yield the market then wants.

Auction history for 9128274Y5.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Jan 6, 1999Jan 15, 1999New issue$8.0bn$8.5bn3.898%
Jul 7, 1999Jul 15, 1999Reopening$7.0bn$7.4bn4.040%

The curve this was priced against →

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