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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 1 5 6 1
L April 24, 1968 J

Results of Treasury’s 9-Month and 12-Month Bill Offerings
To All Incorporated Banlcs and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

T h e fo llo w in g statem ent w as issu ed b y the T r e a su r y D ep artm en t and relea sed at 6 :3 0 p.m .,
y esterd a y :
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury bills, one series to be
an additional issue of the bills dated January 31, 1968, and the other series to be dated A pril 30, 1968,
which were offered on April 17, 1968, were opened at the Federal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were
invited for $500,000,000, or thereabouts, o f 276-day bills and for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, of 365-day
bills. The details of the two series are as follow s:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
276-Bay Treasury Bills
Maturing January 31,1 96 9

High ........................................
L o w ..........................................
Average ..................................

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing A pril 3 0 ,1 96 9

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

95.668
95.645
95.657

5.650%
5.680%
5.665%J

94.272
94.241
94.258

5.650%
5.680%
5.663%1

i These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.94 percent for the 276-day bills, and
6.00 percent for the 365-day bills.
(13 percent of the amount of 276-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(85 percent of the amount of 365-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
276-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 31,1 96 9
District

Applied for

Accepted

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing A pril 3 0 ,1 96 9
Applied for

B o s t o n ................................ $
136,000
$
136,000$ 22,645,000
New Y o r k ..........................
1,090,922,000
450,062,000
1,620,365,000
Philadelphia......................
8,705,000
705,000
15,358,000
Cleveland ..........................
10,438,000
1,113,000
74,948,000
Richmond ..........................
3,160,000
660,000
3,769,000
Atlanta ..............................
12,768,000
2,146,000
21,969,000
C h ic a g o ..............................
174,578,000
32,053,000
294,769,000
St. L o u is ............................
18,246,000
1,624,000
39,092,000
Minneapolis ......................
13,789,000
1,689,000
12,705,000
Kansas City ......................
3,058,000
1,058,000
8,558,000
Dallas .................................
11,138,000
1,138,000
11,500,000
San Francisco ..................
92,492,000
7,892,000
178,327,000
T o t a l ..........................

$1,439,430,000

$500,276,000*

$2,304,005,000

Accepted

$

9,805,000
803,366,000
2,959,000
8,948,000
1,269,000
5,672,000
151,169,000
7,826,000
705,000
2,408,000
1,500,000
4,577,000

$1,000,204,000b

Includes $17,080,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 95.657.
b Includes $37,751,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 94.258.
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