Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

912828FB1 · 2.375% due April 15, 2011

Original term
5-Year
Maturity
Apr 15, 2011
Coupon
2.375%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Apr 15, 2006
First coupon
Oct 15, 2006
Priced through
Apr 14, 2011
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, April 13, 2011

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
1.1119
Real duration
0.003 yr
DV01
0.0000
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
100.000
Accrued (real)
1.181
Real dirty price
101.181
Indexed principal
111.188
Money clean price
111.188

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.1119 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 111.188 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 1.65 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, 656 observations

-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%6%Sep 2, 2008Apr 13, 2011Sep 2, 2008Real yield1.122%Sep 23, 2008Real yield1.760%Oct 15, 2008Real yield3.162%Nov 5, 2008Real yield4.170%Nov 28, 2008Real yield5.092%Dec 19, 2008Real yield3.207%Jan 13, 2009Real yield2.981%Feb 4, 2009Real yield2.066%Feb 26, 2009Real yield1.938%Mar 19, 2009Real yield1.286%Apr 9, 2009Real yield1.132%May 1, 2009Real yield1.396%May 22, 2009Real yield1.034%Jun 15, 2009Real yield0.369%Jul 7, 2009Real yield0.825%Jul 28, 2009Real yield0.702%Aug 18, 2009Real yield0.870%Sep 9, 2009Real yield0.620%Sep 30, 2009Real yield0.416%Oct 22, 2009Real yield0.172%Nov 13, 2009Real yield-0.101%Dec 7, 2009Real yield-0.006%Dec 29, 2009Real yield0.027%Jan 21, 2010Real yield-0.710%Feb 11, 2010Real yield-0.756%Mar 5, 2010Real yield-0.829%Mar 26, 2010Real yield-0.771%Apr 16, 2010Real yield-0.889%May 7, 2010Real yield-0.630%May 28, 2010Real yield0.397%Jun 18, 2010Real yield0.192%Jul 12, 2010Real yield0.347%Aug 2, 2010Real yield0.183%Aug 23, 2010Real yield0.375%Sep 14, 2010Real yield0.065%Oct 5, 2010Real yield-0.184%Oct 27, 2010Real yield-0.114%Nov 18, 2010Real yield-0.024%Dec 10, 2010Real yield-0.394%Jan 3, 2011Real yield-0.878%Jan 25, 2011Real yield-1.914%Feb 15, 2011Real yield-2.873%Mar 9, 2011Real yield-4.812%

Price history

657 trading days to Apr 14, 2011

92949698100102104Sep 2, 2008Apr 14, 2011Sep 2, 2008Close103.219Sep 23, 2008Close101.531Oct 15, 2008Close98.125Nov 5, 2008Close95.875Nov 28, 2008Close94.000Dec 19, 2008Close98.156Jan 13, 2009Close98.688Feb 4, 2009Close100.656Feb 26, 2009Close100.906Mar 19, 2009Close102.219Apr 9, 2009Close102.469May 1, 2009Close101.875May 22, 2009Close102.500Jun 15, 2009Close103.656Jul 7, 2009Close102.719Jul 28, 2009Close102.844Aug 18, 2009Close102.469Sep 9, 2009Close102.781Sep 30, 2009Close103.000Oct 22, 2009Close103.250Nov 13, 2009Close103.500Dec 7, 2009Close103.219Dec 29, 2009Close103.031Jan 21, 2010Close103.813Feb 11, 2010Close103.688Mar 5, 2010Close103.563Mar 26, 2010Close103.313Apr 16, 2010Close103.250May 7, 2010Close102.813May 28, 2010Close101.719Jun 18, 2010Close101.781Jul 12, 2010Close101.531Aug 2, 2010Close101.531Aug 23, 2010Close101.281Sep 14, 2010Close101.344Oct 5, 2010Close101.344Oct 27, 2010Close101.156Nov 18, 2010Close100.969Dec 10, 2010Close100.938Jan 3, 2011Close100.906Jan 25, 2011Close100.938Feb 15, 2011Close100.844Mar 9, 2011Close100.719Mar 30, 2011Close100.313Apr 14, 2011Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912828FB1.
DateBidOfferClose
Apr 14, 2011100.031100.000
Apr 13, 2011100.000100.000
Apr 12, 2011100.031100.000
Apr 11, 2011100.031100.063
Apr 8, 2011100.063100.063
Apr 7, 2011100.125100.125
Apr 6, 2011100.125100.156
Apr 5, 2011100.219100.188
Apr 4, 2011100.219100.188
Apr 1, 2011100.281100.219
Mar 31, 2011100.313100.313
Mar 30, 2011100.344100.313
Mar 29, 2011100.344100.344
Mar 28, 2011100.344100.375
Mar 25, 2011100.406100.406
Mar 24, 2011100.438100.438
Mar 23, 2011100.469100.438
Mar 22, 2011100.500100.500
Mar 21, 2011100.531100.500
Mar 18, 2011100.531100.531

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 912828FB1.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Apr 25, 2006Apr 28, 2006New issue$11.0bn$11.0bn1.46x2.379%
Oct 23, 2006Oct 31, 2006Reopening$7.0bn$9.2bn2.89x2.691%

The curve this was priced against →

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