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US Treasury Holders: Short Form (bonds.context)

Who holds Treasuries, in short: foreign investors' net purchases (Treasury's TIC), primary dealers' 13 week change in positions (the New York Fed) and speculators' 10 year note futures position (the CFTC), each against its own history; then the 10 year yield and three bond funds.

Tier: basic | 4 metrics

Metrics included: etf-tlt, etf-lqd, etf-hyg, treasury-10y

Metrics in this briefing

• TLT (Long Treasury ETF): iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF - long-duration Treasury bond proxy (updates every 15 min during market hours)
• Investment Grade Credit (LQD): iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) share price in US dollars (Finnhub), updated every 15 minutes during US market hours. A fund's share price, not a credit spread.
• High-Yield Credit (HYG): iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) share price in US dollars (Finnhub), updated every 15 minutes during US market hours. A fund's share price, not a credit spread.
• 10-Year Treasury: The 10-year Treasury par yield, in percent, from the US Treasury's Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates. Business days, priced at about 3:30 in the afternoon, New York time. Read from FRED's copy of these rates until 2026-09-28, which is where its history before 1990 comes from. Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Business days, each evening.

Questions about the US Treasury Holders: Short Form briefing

What is in the US Treasury Holders: Short Form briefing?

Who holds Treasuries, in short: foreign investors' net purchases (Treasury's TIC), primary dealers' 13 week change in positions (the New York Fed) and speculators' 10 year note futures position (the CFTC), each against its own history; then the 10 year yield and three bond funds. It holds 4 metrics, each figure with the date it describes and the source it came from.

Which plan reads the US Treasury Holders: Short Form briefing?

The Basic plan reads it, and every plan above Basic.

How does an AI agent read the US Treasury Holders: Short Form briefing?

Over MCP, with the get_context tool and the briefing id bonds.context. Over REST, with GET https://api.prereason.com/api/context?briefing=bonds.context and an API key, as Markdown (the default) or JSON (format=json).

Can I read the US Treasury Holders: Short Form briefing as of a past date?

Yes, with date=YYYY-MM-DD. A dated read serves only periods released by that date, and each figure says when it was public, or that it may be a later revision. How far back depends on the plan; on the Basic plan: The last 3 years. Higher plans reach further.

Where does the data in the US Treasury Holders: Short Form briefing come from?

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API: GET /api/context?briefing=bonds.context

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