Weak demand at 8-Week Treasury auction
The 8-Week Treasury auction on 2026-10-15 showed weak demand: bid-to-cover 2.26x vs. a recent average of 2.84x. Awarded yield 4.132%, vs. 4.060% at the previous 8-Week auction on 2026-10-08.
Recent readings — 8-Week bid-to-cover, recent auctions
| vs. previous | ||
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2.26x | ▼ -18.4% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 2.77x | ▲ +2.6% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.70x | ▼ -2.2% |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 2.76x | ▼ -6.1% |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 2.94x | ▲ +4.3% |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 2.82x | — |
Why this matters
Weak demand at a Treasury auction is one of the clearest real-time signals of how the market actually views government creditworthiness — not commentary, but money changing hands.
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