The Treasury sold 30-year bonds at 5.058 percent, the highest auction yield since 2007

No newsroom broke this one. The Treasury published the results itself on July 9, 2026, and they are reproduced here from that document. The department sold $22bn of bonds maturing in May 2056 at a high yield of 5.058 percent, with a 5 percent coupon and a price of 99.097875. Treasury's own auction record shows the last comparable 30-year bond to clear at or above that level was on August 9, 2007, at 5.059 percent. Bids totalled $53.77bn against $22.00bn accepted, a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.44. Indirect bidders, the category that captures foreign and international accounts, were awarded $17.07bn of the $21.95bn sold competitively, or 77.7 percent. Primary dealers took $2.21bn. Direct bidders took $2.68bn. The bonds settled on July 15.