Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

912828GN4 · 2% due April 15, 2012

Original term
5-Year
Maturity
Apr 15, 2012
Coupon
2.000%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Apr 15, 2007
First coupon
Oct 15, 2007
Priced through
Apr 13, 2012
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, April 12, 2012

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
1.1190
Real duration
0.005 yr
DV01
0.0001
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
99.969
Accrued (real)
0.989
Real dirty price
100.958
Indexed principal
111.898
Money clean price
111.863

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.1190 means the principal is worth that many times its original face today. So the real clean price of 99.969 is not what a buyer pays , multiply by the ratio to get 111.863 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 5.09 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, 906 observations

-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%6%Sep 2, 2008Apr 12, 2012Sep 2, 2008Real yield1.194%Oct 1, 2008Real yield1.862%Oct 31, 2008Real yield3.785%Dec 3, 2008Real yield2.903%Jan 5, 2009Real yield2.917%Feb 4, 2009Real yield1.848%Mar 6, 2009Real yield1.948%Apr 6, 2009Real yield1.073%May 6, 2009Real yield1.154%Jun 5, 2009Real yield0.725%Jul 7, 2009Real yield1.025%Aug 5, 2009Real yield1.055%Sep 3, 2009Real yield1.015%Oct 5, 2009Real yield0.528%Nov 4, 2009Real yield0.153%Dec 7, 2009Real yield-0.045%Jan 7, 2010Real yield-0.147%Feb 8, 2010Real yield-0.411%Mar 10, 2010Real yield-0.460%Apr 8, 2010Real yield-0.435%May 7, 2010Real yield-0.461%Jun 7, 2010Real yield0.125%Jul 7, 2010Real yield0.109%Aug 5, 2010Real yield-0.284%Sep 3, 2010Real yield-0.026%Oct 5, 2010Real yield-0.448%Nov 4, 2010Real yield-0.501%Dec 7, 2010Real yield-0.441%Jan 6, 2011Real yield-0.977%Feb 7, 2011Real yield-1.296%Mar 9, 2011Real yield-2.244%Apr 7, 2011Real yield-2.424%May 9, 2011Real yield-2.096%Jun 8, 2011Real yield-1.316%Jul 8, 2011Real yield-0.853%Aug 8, 2011Real yield0.123%Sep 7, 2011Real yield-0.437%Oct 6, 2011Real yield0.202%Nov 7, 2011Real yield0.057%Dec 8, 2011Real yield0.922%Jan 10, 2012Real yield0.073%Feb 9, 2012Real yield-2.020%Mar 12, 2012Real yield-4.862%

Price history

907 trading days to Apr 13, 2012

92.595.097.5100.0102.5105.0107.5Sep 2, 2008Apr 13, 2012Sep 2, 2008Close102.844Oct 1, 2008Close100.469Oct 31, 2008Close94.281Dec 3, 2008Close97.125Jan 5, 2009Close97.156Feb 4, 2009Close100.469Mar 6, 2009Close100.156Apr 6, 2009Close102.750May 6, 2009Close102.438Jun 5, 2009Close103.594Jul 7, 2009Close102.656Aug 5, 2009Close102.500Sep 3, 2009Close102.531Oct 5, 2009Close103.688Nov 4, 2009Close104.500Dec 7, 2009Close104.813Jan 7, 2010Close104.875Feb 8, 2010Close105.281Mar 10, 2010Close105.188Apr 8, 2010Close104.938May 7, 2010Close104.781Jun 7, 2010Close103.469Jul 7, 2010Close103.344Aug 5, 2010Close103.875Sep 3, 2010Close103.250Oct 5, 2010Close103.750Nov 4, 2010Close103.625Dec 7, 2010Close103.313Jan 6, 2011Close103.813Feb 7, 2011Close103.938Mar 9, 2011Close104.750Apr 7, 2011Close104.594May 9, 2011Close103.875Jun 8, 2011Close102.844Jul 8, 2011Close102.188Aug 8, 2011Close101.281Sep 7, 2011Close101.469Oct 6, 2011Close100.938Nov 7, 2011Close100.844Dec 8, 2011Close100.375Jan 10, 2012Close100.500Feb 9, 2012Close100.719Mar 12, 2012Close100.625Apr 10, 2012Close100.000Apr 13, 2012Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912828GN4.
DateBidOfferClose
Apr 13, 2012100.000100.000
Apr 12, 2012100.00099.969
Apr 11, 201299.969100.000
Apr 10, 2012100.000100.000
Apr 9, 2012100.094100.031
Apr 6, 2012100.063100.063
Apr 5, 2012100.031100.094
Apr 4, 2012100.125100.125
Apr 3, 2012100.156100.156
Apr 2, 2012100.156100.156
Mar 30, 2012100.219100.188
Mar 29, 2012100.250100.250
Mar 28, 2012100.313100.281
Mar 27, 2012100.313100.281
Mar 26, 2012100.313100.313
Mar 23, 2012100.344100.344
Mar 22, 2012100.406100.375
Mar 21, 2012100.406100.406
Mar 20, 2012100.406100.406
Mar 19, 2012100.438100.438

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 912828GN4.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Apr 24, 2007Apr 30, 2007New issue$8.0bn$10.1bn2.45x2.114%
Oct 23, 2007Oct 31, 2007Reopening$6.0bn$7.2bn2.44x1.954%

The curve this was priced against →

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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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