Inflation-linked (TIPS) · Matured

912828UX6 · 0.125% due April 15, 2018

Original term
5-Year
Maturity
Apr 15, 2018
Coupon
0.125%
Pays
Semi-Annual
Dated
Apr 15, 2013
First coupon
Oct 15, 2013
Priced through
Apr 13, 2018
Analyzed through
not analyzed

Inflation-linked measures, April 12, 2018

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
1.0742
Real duration
0.005 yr
DV01
0.0001
Convexity
0.000
Real clean price
100.000
Accrued (real)
0.062
Real dirty price
100.062
Indexed principal
107.422
Money clean price
107.422

The index ratio is a multiplier, not a percentage: 1.0742 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 107.422 per 100 of original face.

Against the fitted real curve

Priced 0.02 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

-5%-4%-3%-2%-1%0%1%2%Apr 30, 2013Apr 12, 2018Apr 30, 2013Real yield-1.392%Jun 11, 2013Real yield-0.736%Jul 23, 2013Real yield-0.636%Sep 3, 2013Real yield-0.212%Oct 15, 2013Real yield-0.540%Nov 26, 2013Real yield-0.626%Jan 9, 2014Real yield-0.441%Feb 21, 2014Real yield-0.612%Apr 3, 2014Real yield-0.352%May 15, 2014Real yield-0.723%Jun 26, 2014Real yield-0.717%Aug 7, 2014Real yield-0.587%Sep 19, 2014Real yield-0.059%Oct 31, 2014Real yield-0.209%Dec 16, 2014Real yield0.144%Jan 29, 2015Real yield-0.282%Mar 12, 2015Real yield-0.257%Apr 22, 2015Real yield-0.653%Jun 3, 2015Real yield-0.342%Jul 15, 2015Real yield-0.282%Aug 25, 2015Real yield0.268%Oct 6, 2015Real yield-0.011%Nov 18, 2015Real yield0.203%Dec 31, 2015Real yield0.208%Feb 12, 2016Real yield-0.020%Mar 28, 2016Real yield-0.512%May 6, 2016Real yield-0.644%Jun 17, 2016Real yield-0.608%Jul 29, 2016Real yield-0.368%Sep 9, 2016Real yield-0.208%Oct 21, 2016Real yield-0.591%Dec 5, 2016Real yield-0.448%Jan 18, 2017Real yield-0.704%Mar 1, 2017Real yield-1.091%Apr 11, 2017Real yield-0.615%May 23, 2017Real yield-0.015%Jul 5, 2017Real yield0.610%Aug 15, 2017Real yield0.645%Sep 26, 2017Real yield0.011%Nov 7, 2017Real yield0.197%Dec 19, 2017Real yield1.109%Feb 1, 2018Real yield-0.664%Mar 15, 2018Real yield-4.030%

Price history

1,239 trading days to Apr 13, 2018

98100102104106108Apr 30, 2013Apr 13, 2018Apr 30, 2013Close107.813Jun 11, 2013Close104.250Jul 23, 2013Close103.656Sep 3, 2013Close101.563Oct 15, 2013Close103.031Nov 26, 2013Close103.344Jan 9, 2014Close102.438Feb 21, 2014Close103.094Apr 3, 2014Close101.938May 15, 2014Close103.375Jun 26, 2014Close103.250Aug 7, 2014Close102.656Sep 19, 2014Close100.656Oct 31, 2014Close101.156Dec 16, 2014Close99.938Jan 29, 2015Close101.313Mar 12, 2015Close101.188Apr 22, 2015Close102.344Jun 3, 2015Close101.344Jul 15, 2015Close101.125Aug 25, 2015Close99.625Oct 6, 2015Close100.344Nov 18, 2015Close99.813Dec 31, 2015Close99.813Feb 12, 2016Close100.313Mar 28, 2016Close101.313May 6, 2016Close101.500Jun 17, 2016Close101.344Jul 29, 2016Close100.844Sep 9, 2016Close100.531Oct 21, 2016Close101.063Dec 5, 2016Close100.781Jan 18, 2017Close101.031Mar 1, 2017Close101.375Apr 11, 2017Close100.750May 23, 2017Close100.125Jul 5, 2017Close99.625Aug 15, 2017Close99.656Sep 26, 2017Close100.063Nov 7, 2017Close99.969Dec 19, 2017Close99.688Feb 1, 2018Close100.156Mar 15, 2018Close100.344Apr 13, 2018Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912828UX6.
DateBidOfferClose
Apr 13, 2018100.000100.000
Apr 12, 2018100.000100.000
Apr 11, 2018100.000100.000
Apr 10, 2018100.031100.000
Apr 9, 2018100.000100.000
Apr 6, 201899.969100.031
Apr 5, 2018100.063100.063
Apr 4, 2018100.063100.063
Apr 3, 2018100.125100.063
Apr 2, 2018100.094100.094
Mar 29, 2018100.094100.094
Mar 28, 2018100.156100.188
Mar 27, 2018100.188100.188
Mar 26, 2018100.156100.156
Mar 23, 2018100.219100.188
Mar 22, 2018100.219100.219
Mar 21, 2018100.219100.250
Mar 20, 2018100.250100.250
Mar 19, 2018100.250100.281
Mar 16, 2018100.281100.281

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.

3 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 912828UX6.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Apr 18, 2013Apr 30, 2013New issue$18.0bn$18.0bn2.18x-1.311%
Aug 22, 2013Aug 30, 2013Reopening$16.0bn$16.0bn2.18x-0.127%
Dec 19, 2013Dec 31, 2013Reopening$16.0bn$16.0bn2.54x-0.375%

The curve this was priced against →

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