Kicking off this week's series of long-term securities auctions, the Treasury Department sold $32 billion worth of three-year notes on Tuesday, attracting slightly below average demand.
The three-year note auction drew a high yield of 0.347 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.30.
Last month, the Treasury also sold $32 billion worth of three-year notes, drawing a high yield of 0.37 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.73.
The bid-to-cover ratio is a measure of demand that indicates the amount of bids for each dollar worth of securities being sold.
The ten previous three-year note auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 3.35.
Following today's three-year note auction, the Treasury is due to sell $24 billion worth of ten-year notes on Wednesday and $16 billion worth of thirty-year bonds on Thursday.
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