Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

912828HW3 · 0.625% due April 15, 2013

Original term
5-Year
Maturity
Apr 15, 2013
Coupon
0.625%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Apr 15, 2008
First coupon
Oct 15, 2008
Priced through
Apr 12, 2013
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, April 11, 2013

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
1.0928
Real duration
0.008 yr
DV01
0.0001
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
100.063
Accrued (real)
0.307
Real dirty price
100.370
Indexed principal
109.276
Money clean price
109.344

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.0928 means the principal is worth that many times its original face today. So the real clean price of 100.063 is not what a buyer pays , multiply by the ratio to get 109.344 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 4.66 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, 1,154 observations

-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%Sep 2, 2008Apr 11, 2013Sep 2, 2008Real yield1.283%Oct 9, 2008Real yield2.220%Nov 19, 2008Real yield2.448%Dec 30, 2008Real yield1.695%Feb 9, 2009Real yield1.008%Mar 19, 2009Real yield0.923%Apr 28, 2009Real yield1.069%Jun 5, 2009Real yield0.773%Jul 15, 2009Real yield1.008%Aug 21, 2009Real yield1.002%Sep 30, 2009Real yield0.697%Nov 9, 2009Real yield0.186%Dec 18, 2009Real yield-0.006%Jan 29, 2010Real yield-0.163%Mar 10, 2010Real yield-0.210%Apr 16, 2010Real yield-0.188%May 25, 2010Real yield0.062%Jul 1, 2010Real yield-0.058%Aug 10, 2010Real yield-0.418%Sep 17, 2010Real yield-0.224%Oct 27, 2010Real yield-0.717%Dec 7, 2010Real yield-0.471%Jan 14, 2011Real yield-1.026%Feb 24, 2011Real yield-1.373%Apr 4, 2011Real yield-1.698%May 12, 2011Real yield-1.543%Jun 21, 2011Real yield-1.109%Jul 29, 2011Real yield-1.273%Sep 7, 2011Real yield-0.902%Oct 17, 2011Real yield-0.788%Nov 25, 2011Real yield-0.457%Jan 5, 2012Real yield-0.957%Feb 14, 2012Real yield-1.704%Mar 23, 2012Real yield-1.943%May 1, 2012Real yield-1.386%Jun 8, 2012Real yield-0.078%Jul 18, 2012Real yield-0.008%Aug 24, 2012Real yield-0.652%Oct 3, 2012Real yield-1.017%Nov 14, 2012Real yield0.625%Dec 24, 2012Real yield1.350%Feb 4, 2013Real yield-1.182%Mar 14, 2013Real yield-5.931%

Price history

1,155 trading days to Apr 12, 2013

859095100105110Sep 2, 2008Apr 12, 2013Sep 2, 2008Close97.063Oct 9, 2008Close93.188Nov 19, 2008Close92.438Dec 30, 2008Close95.594Feb 9, 2009Close98.438Mar 19, 2009Close98.813Apr 28, 2009Close98.281Jun 5, 2009Close99.438Jul 15, 2009Close98.594Aug 21, 2009Close98.656Sep 30, 2009Close99.750Nov 9, 2009Close101.500Dec 18, 2009Close102.094Jan 29, 2010Close102.531Mar 10, 2010Close102.594Apr 16, 2010Close102.438May 25, 2010Close101.625Jul 1, 2010Close101.906Aug 10, 2010Close102.813Sep 17, 2010Close102.188Oct 27, 2010Close103.344Dec 7, 2010Close102.594Jan 14, 2011Close103.750Feb 24, 2011Close104.344Apr 4, 2011Close104.813May 12, 2011Close104.250Jun 21, 2011Close103.188Jul 29, 2011Close103.281Sep 7, 2011Close102.469Oct 17, 2011Close102.125Nov 25, 2011Close101.500Jan 5, 2012Close102.031Feb 14, 2012Close102.750Mar 23, 2012Close102.750May 1, 2012Close101.938Jun 8, 2012Close100.594Jul 18, 2012Close100.469Aug 24, 2012Close100.813Oct 3, 2012Close100.875Nov 14, 2012Close100.000Dec 24, 2012Close99.781Feb 4, 2013Close100.344Mar 14, 2013Close100.563Apr 12, 2013Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912828HW3.
DateBidOfferClose
Apr 12, 2013100.000100.000
Apr 11, 2013100.063100.063
Apr 10, 2013100.063100.063
Apr 9, 2013100.125100.094
Apr 8, 2013100.125100.125
Apr 5, 2013100.188100.188
Apr 4, 2013100.250100.250
Apr 3, 2013100.281100.281
Apr 2, 2013100.313100.313
Apr 1, 2013100.344100.344
Mar 28, 2013100.375100.375
Mar 27, 2013100.406100.438
Mar 26, 2013100.438100.438
Mar 25, 2013100.469100.469
Mar 22, 2013100.469100.469
Mar 21, 2013100.500100.500
Mar 20, 2013100.500100.500
Mar 19, 2013100.500100.500
Mar 18, 2013100.531100.531
Mar 15, 2013100.531100.531

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 912828HW3.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Apr 22, 2008Apr 30, 2008New issue$8.0bn$8.7bn2.20x0.745%
Oct 27, 2008Oct 31, 2008Reopening$6.0bn$6.3bn1.81x3.270%

The curve this was priced against →

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