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WEEKLY TREASURY BILLS FACT SHEET

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Instrument:

4-week

13-week

26-week

Frequency:

weekly

weekly

weekly

CUSIP:

reopening

reopening

new 1

Announce day:

Monday

Thursday

Thursday

Announce time:

11:30 am

2:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Auction day:

Tuesday

Monday

Monday

Monday holiday:

Wednesday

Tuesday

Tuesday

Auction time:

1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

Settlement day:

Thursday

Thursday

Thursday

Competitive bidding:

3 decimal 2

3 decimal 2

3 decimal 2

NLP applies to 35% limit:

no 3

yes

yes

Noncomp. bidding:

yes

yes

yes

SOMA 4 added on:

yes

yes

yes

FIMA 4 in auction:

yes

yes

yes

TreasuryDirect:

:

no

yes

yes

 

 

1 Except for reopenings of remaining 52-week bills with more than 26 weeks remaining.

2 Expressed as a discount rate in increments of .005%, e.g., 7.100%, 7.105%.

3 Until the Treasury makes a decision regarding modifications to the calculation of the net long position (NLP), competitive bidders in 4-week bill auctions will be required to report their NLP if they meet or exceed the reporting threshold, but Treasury will not include the NLP in the calculation of the 35 percent award limit.

4 System Open Market Account and Foreign and International Monetary Authorities noncompetitive bids.