Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

912828MY3 · 0.5% due April 15, 2015

Original term
5-Year
Maturity
Apr 15, 2015
Coupon
0.500%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Apr 15, 2010
First coupon
Oct 15, 2010
Priced through
Apr 14, 2015
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, April 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
1.0805
Real duration
0.003 yr
DV01
0.0000
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
100.000
Accrued (real)
0.249
Real dirty price
100.249
Indexed principal
108.045
Money clean price
108.045

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.0805 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 108.045 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 0.52 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, 1,238 observations

-2%0%2%4%6%8%Apr 30, 2010Apr 13, 2015Apr 30, 2010Real yield0.423%Jun 10, 2010Real yield0.422%Jul 22, 2010Real yield0.280%Sep 1, 2010Real yield0.147%Oct 14, 2010Real yield-0.575%Nov 26, 2010Real yield-0.175%Jan 7, 2011Real yield-0.194%Feb 18, 2011Real yield-0.124%Apr 1, 2011Real yield-0.452%May 13, 2011Real yield-0.672%Jun 24, 2011Real yield-0.714%Aug 5, 2011Real yield-0.857%Sep 16, 2011Real yield-0.900%Oct 28, 2011Real yield-0.955%Dec 12, 2011Real yield-0.934%Jan 25, 2012Real yield-1.236%Mar 7, 2012Real yield-1.527%Apr 17, 2012Real yield-1.425%May 29, 2012Real yield-1.016%Jul 10, 2012Real yield-1.013%Aug 20, 2012Real yield-1.144%Oct 1, 2012Real yield-1.406%Nov 14, 2012Real yield-1.179%Dec 27, 2012Real yield-1.382%Feb 8, 2013Real yield-1.843%Mar 22, 2013Real yield-1.915%May 3, 2013Real yield-1.305%Jun 14, 2013Real yield-0.971%Jul 26, 2013Real yield-1.033%Sep 6, 2013Real yield-0.837%Oct 18, 2013Real yield-1.063%Dec 2, 2013Real yield-0.817%Jan 14, 2014Real yield-1.259%Feb 26, 2014Real yield-1.710%Apr 8, 2014Real yield-1.446%May 20, 2014Real yield-1.388%Jul 1, 2014Real yield-1.272%Aug 12, 2014Real yield-0.704%Sep 24, 2014Real yield0.162%Nov 5, 2014Real yield1.071%Dec 19, 2014Real yield4.339%Feb 3, 2015Real yield5.252%

Price history

1,239 trading days to Apr 14, 2015

98100102104106108Apr 30, 2010Apr 14, 2015Apr 30, 2010Close100.375Jun 10, 2010Close100.375Jul 22, 2010Close101.031Sep 1, 2010Close101.625Oct 14, 2010Close104.906Nov 26, 2010Close102.969Jan 7, 2011Close102.969Feb 18, 2011Close102.594Apr 1, 2011Close103.875May 13, 2011Close104.656Jun 24, 2011Close104.688Aug 5, 2011Close105.094Sep 16, 2011Close105.094Oct 28, 2011Close105.125Dec 12, 2011Close104.875Jan 25, 2012Close105.719Mar 7, 2012Close106.469Apr 17, 2012Close105.906May 29, 2012Close104.438Jul 10, 2012Close104.250Aug 20, 2012Close104.438Oct 1, 2012Close104.938Nov 14, 2012Close104.125Dec 27, 2012Close104.406Feb 8, 2013Close105.219Mar 22, 2013Close105.094May 3, 2013Close103.563Jun 14, 2013Close102.719Jul 26, 2013Close102.656Sep 6, 2013Close102.156Oct 18, 2013Close102.344Dec 2, 2013Close101.813Jan 14, 2014Close102.219Feb 26, 2014Close102.531Apr 8, 2014Close102.000May 20, 2014Close101.719Jul 1, 2014Close101.406Aug 12, 2014Close100.813Sep 24, 2014Close100.188Nov 5, 2014Close99.750Dec 19, 2014Close98.813Feb 3, 2015Close99.094Mar 17, 2015Close99.875Apr 14, 2015Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912828MY3.
DateBidOfferClose
Apr 14, 201599.969100.000
Apr 13, 2015100.000100.000
Apr 10, 2015100.03199.969
Apr 9, 2015100.125100.031
Apr 8, 2015100.063100.063
Apr 7, 2015100.125100.063
Apr 6, 2015100.094100.063
Apr 3, 2015100.094100.094
Apr 2, 2015100.094100.094
Apr 1, 2015100.188100.156
Mar 31, 2015100.156100.156
Mar 30, 2015100.188100.156
Mar 27, 2015100.188100.156
Mar 26, 2015100.125100.125
Mar 25, 2015100.125100.094
Mar 24, 2015100.094100.063
Mar 23, 2015100.000100.031
Mar 20, 201599.93899.969
Mar 19, 201599.96999.969
Mar 18, 201599.93899.906

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 912828MY3.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Apr 26, 2010Apr 30, 2010New issue$11.0bn$11.2bn3.15x0.550%
Oct 25, 2010Oct 29, 2010Reopening$10.0bn$10.0bn2.84x-0.550%

The curve this was priced against →

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