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US 1-month bill sold at highest rate since Sept 2008

Published March 14, 2017 Updated March 14, 2017 05:59pm

NEW YORK: The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sold $55 billion of one-month bills at an interest rate of 0.770 percent, which was the highest rate at an auction for this debt maturity since September 2008, Treasury data showed.

The ratio of bids to the amount offered was 3.40, the lowest since Jan. 24.