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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BA N K O F NEW YO R K
Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 5 7 7 IT
February 2, 1966 j

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$1,300,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated November 12,1965, Due May 12,1966
(To Be Issued February 10, 1966)
$1,000,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated February 10, 1966, Due August 11, 1966
T o A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

Following is the text o f a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released for publication today at 4 p.m.
Eastern Standard tim e:
T h e T reasu ry D epartm en t, by this public notice, invites
tenders for tw o series o f T reasu ry bills to the aggregate
am ount of $2,300,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in e x­
change for T reasury bills m aturing February 10, 1966, in the
am ount of $2,200,935,000, as fo llo w s :
91-day bills (to m aturity date) to be issued February 10,
1966, in the am ou nt of $1,300,000,000, or thereabouts,
representing an additional am ount of bills dated
N o ve m b e r 12, 1965, and to m ature M a y 12, 1966,
originally issued in the am ount of $1,000,027,000, the
additional and original bills to be freely interchange­
able.
182-day bills, for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, to be
dated February 10, 1966, and to m ature A u g u st 11,
1966.
T h e bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis
under com petitive and noncom petitive bidding as hereinafter
provided, and at m aturity their face am ount will be payable
without interest. T h e y will be issued in bearer form only, and
in denom inations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $o0,000, $100,000,
$500,000 and $1,000,000 (m atu rity v a lu e).
T enders will be received at Federal R eserve Banks and
Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m ., E astern
Standard tim e, M on d ay , February 7, 1966.
T en d ers will
not be received at the T reasu ry D epartm ent, W a sh in g to n .
E ach tender m ust be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the
case of com petitive tenders the price offered m ust be expressed
on the basis of 100, with not m ore than three decim als, e.g.,
99.925. Fractions m ay not be used. It is urged that tenders
be m ade on the printed form s and forw arded in the special
envelopes which will be supplied by Federal R eserve B anks or
Branches on application therefor.
B anking institutions generally m ay subm it tenders for
account of custom ers, provided the nam es of the custom ers are
set forth in such tenders.
O th ers than banking institutions
will not be perm itted to subm it tenders except for their ow n
account. T en ders will be received w ithout deposit from in­
corporated banks and trust com panies and from responsible
and recognized dealers in investm ent securities. T en ders from
others m ust be accom panied by paym ent of 2 percent of the
face am ount of T reasu ry bills applied for, unless the tenders
are accom panied by an express guaranty of paym ent b y an
incorporated bank or trust com pan y.
Im m ediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened
at the Federal R eserve B anks and Branches, follow in g which

public announcem ent will be m ade by the T reasury D epartm ent
of the am ount and price range of accepted bids. T h o se sub­
m itting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection
thereof. T h e Secretary of the T reasu ry expressly reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in w hole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. S ubject to
these reservations, noncom petitive tenders for each issue fo r
$200,000 or less w ithout stated price from any one bidder will
be accepted in full at the average price (in three decim als) of
accepted com petitive bids for the respective issues. Settlem ent
for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids m ust be m ade
or com pleted at the Federal R eserve B ank on F ebruary 10,
1966, in cash or other im m ediately available funds or in a like
face am ount of T reasury bills m aturing F ebruary 10, 1966.
Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatm ent. Cash
adjustm ents will be m ade for differences betw een the par value
of m aturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of
the new bills.
T h e incom e derived from T reasu ry bills, w hether interest
or gain from the sale or other disposition of the bills, does not
have any exem ption, as such, and loss from the sale or other
disposition of T reasu ry bills does not have any special treat­
ment, as such, under the Internal R evenue Code of 1954. T h e
bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise
taxes, w hether Federal or State, but are exem p t from all ta xa­
tion now or hereafter im posed on the principal or interest
thereof by any State, or any of the possessions of the U nited
States, or by any local taxing authority. F o r purposes of
taxation the am ount of discount at w hich T reasu ry bills are
originally sold by the U nited States is considered to be inter­
est.
U n d er Sections 4 5 4 (b ) and 1 2 2 1 (5 ) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, the am ount of discount at w hich bills
issued hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such
bills are sold, redeem ed or otherw ise disposed of, and such
bills are excluded from consideration as capital assets. A c c o r d ­
ingly, the ow ner of T reasu ry bills (other than life insurance
com panies) issued hereunder need include in his incom e tax
return only the difference betw een the price paid for such bills,
whether on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the
am ount actually received either upon sale or redem ption at
m aturity during the taxable year for w hich the return is made,
as ordinary gain or loss.
T reasury D epartm ent Circular N o . 418 (current revision)
and this notice prescribe the term s of the T reasu ry bills and
govern the conditions of their issue. Copies o f the circular
m ay be obtained from any Federal R eserve B ank or Branch.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, February 7, 1966,
at the Securities Department o f 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 fo r 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 o f the last w eekly offering o f T reasury bills (9 1 -d a y bills to be issued F ebruary 3, 1966, representing an
additional amount o f bills dated N ovem ber 4, 1965, maturing M ay 5, 1966; and 182-day bills dated F ebruary 3, 1966,
maturing A ugust 4, 1966) are shown on the reverse side o f this circular.




A

lfred

H ayes,

President.
(o v e h )

RESULTS OF LAST W EEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES
TO BE ISSUED FEBRUARY 3, 1966)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids

91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing M ay 5 ,1966

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 4,1966

Price

A p p ro x . equiv.
annual rate

Price

..............................

98.835

4.609%

97.615

4.718%

................................

98.822

4.660%

97.584

4.779%

Average ..........................

98.828

4.638% !

97.604

4.740% 1

H igh
L ow

A p p rox. equiv.
annual rate

1 T h ese rates are on a bank discount basis. T h e equivalent coupon issue yields are 4.76 percent for the 9 1-day bills, and
4.92 percent for the 182-day bills.

(72 percent o f the amount o f 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(24 percent o f the amount o f 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
91 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing M ay 5,1966
District

Boston

Applied fo r

............................ .........

$

11,326,000

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 4,1966

Accepted

$

11,326,000

Applied fo r

$

32,031,000

Accepted

$

32,031,000

New Y ork ..................... .........

1,545,344,000

858,144,000

1,157,214,000

622,414,000

................. ........

27,696,000

15,696,000

14,212,000

6,212,000

Cleveland ....................... .........

23,667,000

23,667,000

44,276,000

44,276,000

..................... .........

9,987,000

9,987,000

4,260,000

4,260,000

Atlanta ............................ ........

47,687,000

37,687,000

36,678,000

36,678,000

.......................... .........

262,259,000

144,971,000

235,676,000

110,674,000

St. Louis ....................... .........

58,403,000

49,403,000

22,668,000

17,168,000

Minneapolis ................... .........

18,726,000

18,726,000

10,273,000

10,273,000

Kansas C i t y ................... .........

27,507,000

27,507,000

15,150,000

15,150,000

Dallas .............................. .........

29,751,000

26,471,000

12,632,000

12,632,000

San Francisco ............... .........

82,821,000

77,681,000

88,326,000

88,326,000

........

$2,145,174,000

Philadelphia

Richmond

Chicago

T otal

............................

$1,301,266,000a

$1,673,396,000

a Includes $249,373,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.828.
b Includes $110,843,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.604.




$1,000,094,000b