4 September 2015 US Fixed Income Weekly direct bidders dropped to 8.2% from 13.9% in July (12.3% average). The combined customer participation of 61.0% was close to the 61.6% in July and remained above its one-year average 58% for the sixth straight month. Allotments share to investment funds rose to a record 45.3% from July's 38.9%, and compares with the one-year average of 35.4%. However, the allotments share to foreign and international investors dropped to 13.5% from July's 20.1%, and was soft as compared to the average 19.2% for the first time since April. The bid-to-cover ratio bounced back to 3.34 from 3.16 in July, above the average of 3.29. The auction stopped on the screws for the second straight month. Dealer positioning in two- to three-year Treasuries increased by $1.6 billion from the last auction to $1billion as of August 26. I3-year note auction statistics Size (Slur) Primary Deelore Direct 8iddere Indirect Brekiero Cover Ratio Stopmut 1PM WI Yield Ski 13P Tail lyr Avg $24.8 42.0% 72.3% 45.7% 3.29 -0.2 Aug-15 $24.0 38.0% 8.2% 52.8% 3.34 1.013 1.013 0.0 Jul-15 $24.0 38.4% 13.9% 47.7% 3.16 0.932 0.933 0.0 Jun-15 $24.0 39.6% 9.7% 50.7% 3.33 1.126 1.124 0.1 May-15 $24.0 35.7% 11.6% 52.7% 3.34 1.000 1.005 -0.5 Apr-15 $24.0 39.5% 11.1% 49.4% 3.25 0.865 0.866 -0.1 Mar-15 $24.0 40.5% 8.0% 51.4% 3.33 1.104 1.110 -0.6 Feb-15 $24.0 43.9% 7.2% 48.9% 3.34 1.050 1.056 -0.6 Jan-15 $24.0 39.4% 14.8% 45.8% 3.33 0.926 0.933 -0.6 Dec-14 425.0 47.7% 10.1% 42.2% 3.24 1.066 1.066 0.0 Nov-14 $26.0 47.1% 15.2°/0 37.7% 3.18 0.998 0.997 0.1 Oct-14 427.0 47.0% 17.4% 35.6% 3.42 0.994 0.997 -0.3 Sep-14 427.0 46.6% 20.3% 33.1% 3.17 1.066 1.064 0.2 sane as rereen ear 1Oeurscist Sint 10-year note Indirect bidder participation increased to 60.1% from July's 58.1%, beating its one-year average of 54.9% for the seventh straight month. Direct