kathleen gaffne, julien scholnick, and ira jersey.nd coming up the auction block. , all the talk this year about brexit did not seem to sway investors. we will tell you why, next. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ ♪ julie: i'm julie hyman. this is "bloomberg real yield." i want to head to the auction block now. and investors are already worried about the debt ceiling in the united states. the treasury sold $45 million worth of three-month bills at the highest rate since september 28. the debt to cover ratio was the lowest since january of 2009. over in the u.k., financial institutions more than doubled sterling denominated bond sales this year to $64 billion after slowing in the second half of 2016. and looking at your overall, it's high-yield bond market had a bumper year with record corporate sales equivalent to $115 billion. investors hunger for yield amid rock-bottom interest rates fueling demand, including for the riskiest notes. i'm back with kathleen gaffne, julien scholnick, and ira jersey. thanks to all of you for sticking ar