Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

912828EA4 · 1.875% due July 15, 2015

Original term
10-Year
Maturity
Jul 15, 2015
Coupon
1.875%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Jul 15, 2005
First coupon
Jan 15, 2006
Priced through
Jul 14, 2015
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, July 13, 2015

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
1.2190
Real duration
0.003 yr
DV01
0.0000
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
100.000
Accrued (real)
0.932
Real dirty price
100.932
Indexed principal
121.899
Money clean price
121.899

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.2190 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 121.899 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 0.79 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, 1,716 observations

-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%6%Sep 2, 2008Jul 13, 2015Sep 2, 2008Real yield1.481%Oct 28, 2008Real yield3.811%Dec 24, 2008Real yield2.815%Feb 23, 2009Real yield1.969%Apr 20, 2009Real yield1.621%Jun 15, 2009Real yield1.658%Aug 10, 2009Real yield1.791%Oct 5, 2009Real yield1.223%Dec 2, 2009Real yield0.584%Jan 29, 2010Real yield0.648%Mar 26, 2010Real yield0.789%May 20, 2010Real yield0.586%Jul 15, 2010Real yield0.524%Sep 9, 2010Real yield0.408%Nov 4, 2010Real yield-0.492%Jan 3, 2011Real yield0.032%Mar 1, 2011Real yield-0.424%Apr 26, 2011Real yield-0.704%Jun 21, 2011Real yield-0.712%Aug 16, 2011Real yield-0.979%Oct 12, 2011Real yield-0.660%Dec 8, 2011Real yield-1.039%Feb 6, 2012Real yield-1.472%Apr 2, 2012Real yield-1.571%May 25, 2012Real yield-1.193%Jul 23, 2012Real yield-1.239%Sep 17, 2012Real yield-1.808%Nov 14, 2012Real yield-1.392%Jan 11, 2013Real yield-1.714%Mar 11, 2013Real yield-2.192%May 6, 2013Real yield-1.707%Jul 1, 2013Real yield-1.252%Aug 26, 2013Real yield-1.232%Oct 22, 2013Real yield-1.280%Dec 18, 2013Real yield-1.451%Feb 14, 2014Real yield-1.984%Apr 11, 2014Real yield-1.874%Jun 9, 2014Real yield-1.694%Aug 4, 2014Real yield-1.437%Sep 30, 2014Real yield-1.000%Nov 28, 2014Real yield-0.083%Jan 27, 2015Real yield1.062%Mar 24, 2015Real yield-3.017%May 18, 2015Real yield-3.433%

Price history

1,717 trading days to Jul 14, 2015

859095100105110115Sep 2, 2008Jul 14, 2015Sep 2, 2008Close102.563Oct 29, 2008Close88.781Dec 29, 2008Close94.781Feb 26, 2009Close97.219Apr 24, 2009Close101.781Jun 22, 2009Close100.594Aug 18, 2009Close100.656Oct 15, 2009Close103.906Dec 14, 2009Close106.000Feb 11, 2010Close106.500Apr 9, 2010Close106.031Jun 4, 2010Close106.625Aug 2, 2010Close107.625Sep 28, 2010Close108.875Nov 26, 2010Close109.375Jan 25, 2011Close109.469Mar 23, 2011Close110.594May 19, 2011Close110.531Jul 18, 2011Close111.344Sep 13, 2011Close110.781Nov 9, 2011Close111.438Jan 10, 2012Close110.656Mar 8, 2012Close112.094May 3, 2012Close111.188Jun 29, 2012Close108.813Aug 27, 2012Close109.906Oct 24, 2012Close109.281Dec 24, 2012Close108.969Feb 22, 2013Close110.000Apr 22, 2013Close108.188Jun 18, 2013Close106.719Aug 14, 2013Close106.250Oct 10, 2013Close105.563Dec 10, 2013Close105.250Feb 7, 2014Close105.469Apr 7, 2014Close104.781Jun 4, 2014Close104.063Jul 31, 2014Close103.250Sep 29, 2014Close102.313Nov 28, 2014Close101.219Jan 28, 2015Close100.344Mar 26, 2015Close101.594May 21, 2015Close100.781Jul 14, 2015Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912828EA4.
DateBidOfferClose
Jul 14, 201599.969100.000
Jul 13, 2015100.000100.000
Jul 10, 201599.969100.031
Jul 9, 2015100.063100.000
Jul 8, 2015100.094100.125
Jul 7, 2015100.094100.094
Jul 6, 2015100.125100.125
Jul 2, 2015100.156100.125
Jul 1, 2015100.250100.219
Jun 30, 2015100.344100.281
Jun 29, 2015100.313100.281
Jun 26, 2015100.313100.313
Jun 25, 2015100.344100.313
Jun 24, 2015100.344100.344
Jun 23, 2015100.375100.375
Jun 22, 2015100.375100.375
Jun 19, 2015100.375100.375
Jun 18, 2015100.406100.469
Jun 17, 2015100.469100.438
Jun 16, 2015100.500100.469

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 912828EA4.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Jul 14, 2005Jul 15, 2005New issue$9.0bn$9.0bn1.68x1.939%
Oct 13, 2005Oct 17, 2005Reopening$8.0bn$8.0bn2.11x1.979%

The curve this was priced against →

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