Treasury Discount Paper

Treasury discount paper (Bubill) is the Federal government's money market paper. They have a maturity of 12 months. The issuance pattern consists of a monthly new issue of € 3 bn (except December) and five subsequent reopenings in the six remaining maturities between 3 and 12 months.

Easily explained

Understanding Treasury discount paper
- basic knowledge for private investors

Issuance

The Federal government's money market paper with an original maturity of 12 months forms an essential element in the Federal government's annual issuance plan. They enable the Federal government to react most flexibly of all Federal securities to changing financing needs at short notice.

Since 2020, Bubills with a maturity of 12 months have been reissued every month. Since then, they have been topped up after one, three, six, seven and nine months. Due to these five reopenings per Bubill, the Federal government now offers a total of six residual maturities between 3 and 12 months on the money market every month. This issuance pattern is to be continued in 2023.

Eleven new issues of € 3 bn each are planned for 2023 (except for December), as well as several monthly reopenings of € 2, 3 or 5 bn. Both new issues and reopenings will partly be carried out within the framework of multi-ISIN auctions, in which two Bubills will be issued on the same auction day.

Bubills are expected to account for € 242 bn or around 47 % of the annual auction volume in the 2023 issuance calendar, € 22 bn more than in 2022.

Upcoming Auctions

Upcoming AuctionsN: New Issue    R: Reopening

TenderIssuanceVolumeCouponMaturity
05.06.2023 Bubill (R)
DE000BU0E030
4.0 € bn - 20.03.2024
05.06.2023 Bubill (R)
DE0001030880
2.0 € bn - 20.09.2023
12.06.2023 Bubill (R)
DE000BU0E006
3.0 € bn - 13.12.2023

Latest Auction Results

Latest Auction ResultsN: New Issue     R: Reopening     A: Allotment     B: Bids

TenderIssuanceBid/CoverVolumesYield
30.05.2023 Bubill (R)
DE000BU0E048
1.9
(A)
(B)
3.264%
30.05.2023 Bubill (R)
DE0001030898
1.6
(A)
(B)
3.092%
22.05.2023 Bubill (R)
DE0001030906
2.2
(A)
(B)
3.017%

Bid/Cover Ratio:  Ratio of offered and allocated volume

Trade

For the fourth year in a row, the volume of trading in Bubill increased to a new record of € 645 bn in 2022 - up from € 557 bn in 2021. By contrast, their share of trading in all Federal securities declined in parallel from 12 % in 2021 to 10 % in 2022.

Outstanding Securities

Treasury discount paper accounted for € 139 bn of all Federal securities outstanding at the end of 2022. This corresponds to a share of about 8 % of the volume of all outstanding Federal securities and is less than record level of € 154.5 bn of the previous year.

Current Share of non-conventional Treasury Discount Paper in the Volume of all Federal Securities Outstanding

The share of 10-year Federal bonds (Bund 10) includes the 7- and 15-year Federal bonds.

Current Outstanding Treasury Discount Paper

Bond Maturity Coupon Outstanding Last Issuance ISIN
Total volume 138,000 € mn -
12M Bubill 21.06.2023 - 14,500 € mn 06.03.2023 DE0001030856
12M Bubill 19.07.2023 - 15,000 € mn 03.04.2023 DE0001030864
12M Bubill 23.08.2023 - 14,000 € mn 08.05.2023 DE0001030872
12M Bubill 20.09.2023 - 13,000 € mn 24.04.2023 DE0001030880
12M Bubill 18.10.2023 - 14,000 € mn 30.05.2023 DE0001030898
12M Bubill 22.11.2023 - 12,000 € mn 22.05.2023 DE0001030906
Bubill 13.12.2023 - 6,000 € mn 06.03.2023 DE000BU0E006
Bubill 17.01.2024 - 13,000 € mn 03.04.2023 DE000BU0E014
Bubill 21.02.2024 - 13,500 € mn 08.05.2023 DE000BU0E022
Bubill 20.03.2024 - 9,000 € mn 24.04.2023 DE000BU0E030
Bubill 17.04.2024 - 9,000 € mn 30.05.2023 DE000BU0E048
Bubill 15.05.2024 - 5,000 € mn 15.05.2023 DE000BU0E055

Understanding Treasury Discount Paper