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Treasury sold $75 billion of 17-week bills at a 4.090 percent high rate

Treasury auctioned $75 billion of 17-week bills on November 4 at a 4.090 percent high discount rate, down from 4.140 percent on October 28, a 5 basis point decline. The high investment rate was 4.204 percent, against 4.256 percent at the prior auction. Bid-to-cover was 3.26, against 3.08. Price per 100 was 98.648028. Total accepted was $80,410,350,900 and total tendered was $249,625,678,900. SOMA accepted $5,409,972,700. The share allotted at the high rate was 94.88 percent. The bills issue November 10 and mature March 9, 2027. The move is under the 10 basis point bar. Official Treasury print. No earlier slot today filed this auction.

Offering amount
$75,000,000,000 2026-11-04 · prior $75,000,000,000 (2026-10-28)
High discount rate
4.09% 2026-11-04 · prior 4.14% (2026-10-28)
High investment rate
4.2% 2026-11-04 · prior 4.26% (2026-10-28)
Bid-to-cover ratio
3.26 2026-11-04 · prior 3.08 (2026-10-28)
Price per 100
98.648 2026-11-04 · prior 98.632 (2026-10-28)
Total accepted
$80,410,350,900 2026-11-04 · prior $78,821,572,600 (2026-10-28)
Total tendered
$249,625,678,900 2026-11-04 · prior $235,153,993,000 (2026-10-28)
SOMA accepted
$5,409,972,700 2026-11-04 · prior $3,821,344,000 (2026-10-28)
Share allotted at the high rate
94.88% 2026-11-04 · prior 35.48% (2026-10-28)
17-week bill high discount ratepercent4.09%4.1%4.11%4.12%4.13%4.14%Oct 28Nov 4U.S. Treasury auction results, October 28 and November 4, 2026 · vertical axis does not start at zero
17-week bill high discount rate. U.S. Treasury auction results, October 28 and November 4, 2026. Share card.

Source: Treasury auction results, 17-week bill, November 4, 2026 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect. Also: Treasury auction results press release, 17-week bill, November 4, 2026, Treasury auction results, 17-week bill, October 28, 2026.

all 9 figures found at the source
  • found Offering amount = $75,000,000,000 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found High discount rate = 4.09% — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found High investment rate = 4.2% — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found Bid-to-cover ratio = 3.26 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found Price per 100 = 98.648 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found Total accepted = $80,410,350,900 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found Total tendered = $249,625,678,900 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found SOMA accepted = $5,409,972,700 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect
  • found Share allotted at the high rate = 94.88% — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, TreasuryDirect

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