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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
Fiscal A gent of the United States
[C ircu la r No. 6 8 2 4 1
L October 27, 1971 J

RESULTS OF T R E A S U R Y ’ S 9-M ONTH AN D 12-M ONTH BILL OFFERINGS
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

The follow in g statement was issued by the T reasury Department and released at 6 :3 0 p.m.
yesterd 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 July 31, 1971, and the other series to be dated October 31, 1971, which
were offered on October 19, 1971, were opened at the Federal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were invited for
$500,000,000, or thereabouts, of 273-day bills and for $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, of 366-day bills. The
details of the two series are as follows:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids

273-Day Treasury B ills
M aturing July 31, 1972

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

366-Day Treasury B ills
M aturing October 31, 1972

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

96.615
96.577
96.591

4.464%
4.514%
4.495%!

95.456
95.390
95.435

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

4.470%
4.534%
4.490% 1

1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 4.70 percent for the 273-day bills, and
4.73 percent for the 366-day bills.

(96 percent of the amount of 273-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(4 percent of the amount of 366-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)

273-Day Treasury B ills
M aturing July 31, 1972
District

Applied for

Boston .................... ......
New York .............. ......
Philadelphia............
Cleveland ................
Richmond ..............
Atlanta ....................
Chicago ..................
St. Louis ................
Minneapolis ............
Kansas C ity ............
Dallas ......................
San Francisco ........
T

otal

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

$

10,505,000
1,198,585,000
655,000
285,000
10,250,000
13,830,000
120,480,000
25,645,000
29,535,000
11,380,000
24,740,000
77,600,000

$1,523,490,000

366-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing October 31, 1972
Applied for

Accepted

$

505,000
424,865,000
655,000
285,000
5,250,000
1,830,000
14,480,000
1,645,000
3,535,000
6,380,000
1,740,000
38,900,000

$ 500,070,000a

$

Accepted

21,320,000
1,919,820,000
6,745,000
20,990,000
7,200,000
20,095,000
181,295,000
29,815,000
28,545,000
13,145,000
24,960,000
110,745,000

$

$2,384,675,000

1,220,000
1,112,755,000
1,745,000
1,950,000
1,810,000
2,635,000
36,810,000
6,815,000
545,000
3,045,000
1,960,000
28,745,000

$1,200,035,000b

a Includes $14,830,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 96.591.
b Includes $31,380,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 95.435.




A

lfred

H

ayes,

President.