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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 3 9 7 1
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A ugust 27, 1969

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

The following statement was issned by the Treasury Department and released at 6:30 p.m.
yesterday:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury bills, one series to be
an additional issue of the bills dated May 31, 1969, and the other series to be dated August 31, 1969, which
were offered on August 20, 1969, were opened at the Federal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were invited for
$500,000,000, or thereabouts, of 271-day bills and for $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, of 365-day bills. The
details of the two series are as follows:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids

271-D ay Treasury B ills
Maturing May 3 1,19 7 0

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

365-Day Treasury B ills
Maturing August 3 1,19 7 0

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

94.478
94.414
94.439

7.335%
7.421%
7.387% !

92.599
92.531
92.558

7.300%
7.367%
7.340%*

1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 7.83 percent for the 271-day bills, and
7.89 percent for the 365-day bills.

(92 percent of the amount of 271-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(3 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)

271-D ay Treasury B ills
Maturing May 3 1,19 7 0
District

B o sto n ...................................
New Y o r k ............................
Philadelphia........................
Cleveland
Richmond ...........
.
Atlanta
‘
Chicago ...............
s t Louis...........
Minneapolis
...........
Kansas Citv
Dallag
............. ; . ; . .
San Francisco ’
...............

Applied fo r

$

787,000
1,022,022,000
8,916,000
1,707,000
5,799,000
10,541,000
103,146,000
5,547,000
9,385,000
1,672,000
11,171,000
131,494,000

T o t a l ............................ $1,312,187,000

Accepted

$
787,000$
315,502,000
3,916,000
1,707,000
1,799,000
2,393,000
73,146,000
5,047,000
1,385,000
1,672,000
1,171,000
91,494,000
$500,019,000a

365-Day Treasury B ills
Maturing August 3 1,19 7 0
Applied for

Accepted

10,961,000
$
1,421,929,000
12,272,000
8,598,000
8,107,000
18,317,000
259,516,000
20,452,000
9,984,000
5,356,000
12,009,000
194,239,000

961,000
775,929,000
2,272,000
7,598,000
3,100,000
5,032.000
223,516,000
13,512.000
1,984,000
5,356,000
2,009,000
158,739.000

$1,981,740,000

$1,200,008,000b

a Includes $17,983,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 94.439.

b Includes $56,912,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 92.558.




A

lfred

H

ayes,

President.