Interest on Treasury bills rose again in the latest auction held on 21 August 2013. On offer were two instruments seeking to raise $400,000 each for 91 Days and the other of 185 Days duration. Both instruments were oversubscribed.
The average rates came out at 7.34, down from 7.995 percent for the 91 day at the July auction and is back at the level in June. This is a pretty sharp decline, as $771.75 million chased $400 million on offer. But investors who placed bids as high as 7.75 percent were able to get some of their bids filled. Full allotment took place at 7.74923 percent.
The 185 Days instrument came out at an average rate of 8.1255 percent, slightly up from the 182 days instrument issued in late July at 7.88 percent. Investors, however, got rates ranging from 6.729 to 8.50 percent in full and partial allotment as high as 8.657 98 percent. A total of $400 million were on offer and bids amounting $768 million were tendered.
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