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FE D E RAL R E S E R V E B A NK O F N E W YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States Circular No. 5158 L February 21, 1962 J OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS ,200,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated November 30,1961, Due May 31,1962 (To Be Issued March 1, 1962) ,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated March 1, 1962, Due August 30, 1962 To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District: Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released for publication today at 4 p.m., Eastern Standard time: The Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites tenders for two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount of $1,800,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for Treasury bills maturing March 1, 1962, in the amount of $1,700,348,000, as follow s: 91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued March 1, 1962, in the amount of $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, represent ing an additional amount of bills dated November 30, 1961, and to mature May 31, 1962, originally issued in the amount of $600,071,000, the additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills, for $600,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated March 1, 1962, and to mature August 30, 1962. The bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis under competitive and noncompetitive bidding as hereinafter provided, and at maturity their face amount will be payable without interest. They will be issued in bearer form only, and in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (maturity value). mitting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection thereof. The Secretary of the Treasury expressly reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part, and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to these reservations, noncompetitive tenders for $200,000 or less for the additional bills dated November 30, 1961 (91 days remain ing until maturity date on May 31, 1962) and noncompetitive tenders for $100,000 or less for the 182-day bills without stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in full at the average price (in three decimals) of accepted competitive bids for the respective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank on March 1, 1962, in cash or other immediately available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills maturing March 1, 1962. Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash adjustments will be made for differences between the par value of maturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of the new bills. Banking institutions generally may submit tenders for ac count of customers, provided the names of the customers are set forth in such tenders. Others than banking institutions will not be permitted to submit tenders except for their own account. Tenders will be received without deposit from incorporated banks and trust companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in investment securities. Tenders from others must be accompanied by payment of 2 percent of the face amount of Treasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of payment by an incorporated bank or trust company. The income derived from Treasury bills, whether interest or gain from the sale or other disposition of the bills, does not have any exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other disposition of Treasury bills does not have any special treat ment, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise taxes, whether Federal or State, but are exempt from all taxa tion now or hereafter imposed on the principal or interest thereof by any State, or any of the possessions of the United States, or by any local taxing authority. For purposes of taxa tion the amount of discount at which Treasury bills are originally sold by the United States is considered to be interest. Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the amount of discount at which bills issued hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such bills are sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and such bills are excluded from consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, the owner of Treasury bills (other than life insurance com panies) issued hereunder need include in his income tax return only the difference between the price paid for such bills, whether on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the amount actually received either upon sale or redemption at maturity during the taxable year for which the return is made, as ordinary gain or loss. Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, following which public announcement will be made by the Treasury Department of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those sub- Treasury Department Circular No. 418 (current revision) and this notice prescribe the terms of the Treasury bills and govern the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circular may be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch. Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, February 26, 1962. Tenders will not be received at the Treasury Department, Washington. ILach tender must be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the case of competitive tenders the price offered must be expressed on the basis of 100, with not more than three decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions may not be used. It is urged that tenders be made on the printed forms and forwarded in the special envelopes which will be supplied by Federal Reserve Banks or Branches on application therefor. This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, February 26, 1962, at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for the respective series are enclosed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them in an envelope marked “ Tender for Treasury Bills.” Tenders may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; they may not be submitted by telephone. Payment for the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills. Results of the last offering of Treasury bills (90-day bills to be issued February 23, 1962, representing an additional amount of bills dated November 24, 1961, and maturing May 24, 1962; and 181-day bills dated February 23, 1962, maturing August 23, 1962) are shown on the reverse side of this circular. A lfred H ayes, President. (o v e r ) RESULTS OF LAST OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES TO BE ISSUED FEBRUARY 23, 1962) Range of Accepted Competitive Bids 90-Day Treasury Bills Maturing May 24,1962 Approx. equiv. annual rate Price High .. Low ... Average 181-Day Treasury Bills Maturing August 23, 1962 99.293 a 99.286 99.288 Price 98.480 b 98.472 98.476 2.828% 2.856% 2. a Excepting one tender of $300,000. Approx. equiv. annual rate 3.023% 3.039% 3.031% 1 b Excepting four tenders totaling $450,000. 1 On a coupon issue of the same length and for the same amount invested, the return on these bills would provide yields of 2.91 percent for the 90-day bills, and 3.12 percent for the 181-day bills. Interest rates on bills are quoted in terms of bank discount, with the return related to the face amount of the bills payable at maturity rather than the amount invested, and their length in actual number of days related to a 360-day year. In contrast, yields on certificates, notes, and bonds are computed in terms of interest on the amount invested, and relate the number of days remaining in an interest payment period to the actual number of days in the period, with semiannual compounding if more than one coupon period is involved. (77 percent of the amount of 90-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (30 percent of the amount of 181-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts) 90-Day Treasury Bills Maturing May 24, 1962 District B o sto n ........................ Applied for $ 23,901,000 181-Day Treasury Bills Maturing August 23, 1962 Accepted $ 12,408,000 Applied for $ 11,974,000 Accepted $ 7,739,000 New York ................ 1,844,685,000 879,460,000 1,030,915,000 461,265,000 Philadelphia.............. 37,919,000 22,389,000 7,894,000 2,084,000 Cleveland .................. 58,816,000 29,131,000 30,596,000 9,206,000 Richmond .................. 12,209,000 11,276,000 6,981,000 1,874,000 Atlanta ...................... 23,650,000 19,950,000 5,374,000 4,075,000 C h ica go...................... 243,402,000 120,051,000 122,937,000 73,267,000 St. Louis .................. 31,362,000 20,762,000 6,176,000 3,826,000 Minneapolis .............. 21,605,000 12,505,000 6,970,000 4,270,000 Kansas C i t y .............. 36,541,000 24,407,000 8,168,000 7,034,000 Dallas ........................ 16,557,000 15,088,000 4,003,000 4,003,000 San Francisco .......... 73,206,000 34,106,000 41,856,000 21,865,000 Total .............. $2,423,853,000 $1,201,533,000° Includes $218,267,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 99.288. d Includes $52,544,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.476. c $1,283,844,000 $600,508,000d
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