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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 2 6 1 “I
U December 17, 1968 J

RESULTS OF BIDDING FOR 91-DAY AND 182-DAY TREASURY BILLS
TO BE ISSUED DECEMBER 19, 1968
To All Incorporated Banlcs and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

At the time of printing our Circular No. 6260, dated December 16, 1968, announcing an offering of 91-day and
182-day Treasury bills, to be issued December 26, 1968, the results of bidding for the previous week’s offering of
91-day and 182-day Treasury bills, to be issued December 19, 1968, were not available. The results, now available, are :
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing March 20,1969
Price

H i g h ........................ ............
Low ........................ ............
Average .................. ............

98.503
98.484
98.492

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing June 19,1969

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

5.922%
5.997%
5.966%1

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

96.970
96.950
96.958

5.993%
6.033%
6.017%*

1 T h e s e rates are on a bank discou n t basis. T h e equivalent co u p o n issue yield s are 6.14 p ercen t fo r the 9 1 -d a y bills, and
6.29 percent fo r the 182-day bills.

(7 percent of the amount of 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(67 percent of the amount of 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 March 20,1969
Applied for

District

Boston .................... ................
New Y o r k .............. ................
Philadelphia .......... ..................
Cleveland .............. ................
Richmond .............. ................
................
Chicago .................. ................
St. L o u is ................ ................
Minneapolis .......... ................
Kansas City .......... ...................
..................
San Francisco ----- ................
T

otal

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

$

25,822,000
1,706,273,000
32,170,000
49,024,000
15,005,000
44,537,000
203,101,000
49,513,000
28,931,000
35,118,000
30,900,000
162,935,000

$2,383,329,000

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing June 19,1969

Accepted

$

15,822,000
1,073,023,000
17,170,000
49,024,000
15,005,000
35,607,000
178,101,000
45,513,000
26,931,000
33,118,000
22,900,000
88,635,000

$1,600,849,000*

Applied for

$

Accepted

15,858,000
1,635,894,000
18,013,000
40,872,000
14,393,000
42,071,000
145,635,000
29,920,000
18,285,000
21,885,000
22,160,000
169,979,000

$2,174,965,000

$

5,858,000
810,444,000
8,013,000
36,772.000
8,263,000
25,204,000
55,005,000
24,053,000
11,125,000
19,786,000
11,830,000
83,899,000

$1,100,252,000b

a In clu d es $314,949,000 n on com p etitiv e tenders a ccep ted at the a verage price o f 98.492.
b In clu d es $175,430,000 n on com p etitiv e tenders a ccep ted at the average price o f 96.958.




A

lfred

H

ayes,

President.