Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

912828CZ1 · 0.875% due April 15, 2010

Original term
5-Year 6-Month
Maturity
Apr 15, 2010
Coupon
0.875%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Oct 15, 2004
First coupon
Apr 15, 2005
Priced through
Apr 14, 2010
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, April 13, 2010

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
1.1439
Real duration
0.003 yr
DV01
0.0000
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
100.000
Accrued (real)
0.435
Real dirty price
100.435
Indexed principal
114.392
Money clean price
114.392

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.1439 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 114.392 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 0.71 cents per 100 of face cheap 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, 403 observations

-4%-2%0%2%4%6%8%Sep 2, 2008Apr 13, 2010Sep 2, 2008Real yield0.973%Sep 16, 2008Real yield1.743%Sep 30, 2008Real yield2.078%Oct 15, 2008Real yield3.845%Oct 29, 2008Real yield5.694%Nov 13, 2008Real yield4.652%Nov 28, 2008Real yield6.410%Dec 12, 2008Real yield6.939%Dec 29, 2008Real yield5.550%Jan 13, 2009Real yield5.133%Jan 28, 2009Real yield3.592%Feb 11, 2009Real yield2.787%Feb 26, 2009Real yield2.113%Mar 12, 2009Real yield2.098%Mar 26, 2009Real yield1.415%Apr 9, 2009Real yield1.373%Apr 24, 2009Real yield1.857%May 8, 2009Real yield1.418%May 22, 2009Real yield1.159%Jun 8, 2009Real yield0.838%Jun 22, 2009Real yield0.681%Jul 7, 2009Real yield0.915%Jul 21, 2009Real yield0.703%Aug 4, 2009Real yield0.378%Aug 18, 2009Real yield0.827%Sep 1, 2009Real yield1.078%Sep 16, 2009Real yield0.712%Sep 30, 2009Real yield0.700%Oct 15, 2009Real yield0.497%Oct 29, 2009Real yield0.329%Nov 13, 2009Real yield0.419%Nov 30, 2009Real yield0.116%Dec 14, 2009Real yield0.216%Dec 29, 2009Real yield-0.304%Jan 13, 2010Real yield-0.993%Jan 28, 2010Real yield-0.915%Feb 11, 2010Real yield-1.681%Feb 26, 2010Real yield-2.894%Mar 12, 2010Real yield-2.776%

Price history

404 trading days to Apr 14, 2010

9092949698100102Sep 2, 2008Apr 14, 2010Sep 2, 2008Close99.844Sep 16, 2008Close98.656Sep 30, 2008Close98.188Oct 15, 2008Close95.719Oct 29, 2008Close93.344Nov 13, 2008Close94.875Nov 28, 2008Close92.844Dec 12, 2008Close92.406Dec 29, 2008Close94.250Jan 13, 2009Close94.906Jan 28, 2009Close96.813Feb 11, 2009Close97.813Feb 26, 2009Close98.625Mar 12, 2009Close98.688Mar 26, 2009Close99.438Apr 9, 2009Close99.500Apr 24, 2009Close99.063May 8, 2009Close99.500May 22, 2009Close99.750Jun 8, 2009Close100.031Jun 22, 2009Close100.156Jul 7, 2009Close99.969Jul 21, 2009Close100.125Aug 4, 2009Close100.344Aug 18, 2009Close100.031Sep 1, 2009Close99.875Sep 16, 2009Close100.094Sep 30, 2009Close100.094Oct 15, 2009Close100.188Oct 29, 2009Close100.250Nov 13, 2009Close100.188Nov 30, 2009Close100.281Dec 14, 2009Close100.219Dec 29, 2009Close100.344Jan 13, 2010Close100.469Jan 28, 2010Close100.375Feb 11, 2010Close100.438Feb 26, 2010Close100.469Mar 12, 2010Close100.313Mar 26, 2010Close100.063Apr 9, 2010Close99.969Apr 14, 2010Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912828CZ1.
DateBidOfferClose
Apr 14, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 13, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 12, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 9, 201099.96999.969
Apr 8, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 7, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 6, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 5, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 2, 2010100.000100.000
Apr 1, 2010100.000100.000
Mar 31, 2010100.000100.031
Mar 30, 2010100.031100.031
Mar 29, 2010100.063100.031
Mar 26, 2010100.063100.063
Mar 25, 2010100.094100.094
Mar 24, 2010100.094100.125
Mar 23, 2010100.125100.094
Mar 22, 2010100.125100.156
Mar 19, 2010100.125100.156
Mar 18, 2010100.156100.156

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.

3 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 912828CZ1.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Oct 26, 2004Oct 29, 2004New issue$12.0bn$12.0bn1.80x0.950%
Apr 26, 2005Apr 29, 2005Reopening$9.0bn$9.0bn1.88x1.200%
Oct 25, 2005Oct 28, 2005Reopening$7.0bn$7.0bn1.65x1.740%

The curve this was priced against →

Index levels before September 30, 2026 are back-tested. They were computed after the fact by applying the rules to historical data, which benefits from hindsight in the choice of rules, and an index cannot be invested in directly. Methodology v1.0 takes effect at that rebalance, when levels begin to be struck on the day; the rulebook is identical either way, and the version is published on every row.

A fitted curve is a fit, not a quote. Daily error averages 3.8 basis points across the history and reaches about 20 on the worst days, in December 2008, when the market was genuinely hard to fit one smooth curve to. Every curve page publishes its own fit error rather than burying it.

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