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FED ER AL RESERVE

BANK O F NEW YORK

Fiscal Agent of the United States

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Circular No. 8 0 3 4 1

January 12, 1977

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OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$2,400,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated October 21, 1976, Due April 21, 1977
(To Be Issued January 20, 1977)
$3,500,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated January 20, 1977, Due July 21, 1977
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released yesterday:
The Department of the Treasury, by this public notice, invites
tenders for two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount of
$5,900 million, or thereabouts, to be issued January 20, 1977, as
follows:
91-day bills (to maturity date) in the amount of
$2,400 million, or thereabouts, representing an additional
amount of bills dated October 21, 1976, and to mature
April 21, 1977 (C U S IP No. 912793 F76), originally
issued in the amount of $3,402 million (an additional
$2,006 million was issued on December 10, 1976), the
additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable.
182-day bills, for $3,500 million, or thereabouts, to be dated
January 20, 1977, and to mature July 21, 1977 (C U SIP
No. 912793 J23).
The bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for Treasury
bills maturing January 20, 1977, outstanding in the amount of
$5,904 million, of which Government accounts and Federal Reserve
Banks, for themselves and as agents of foreign and international
monetary authorities, presently hold $2,613 million. These accounts
may exchange bills they hold for the bills now being ottered at the
average prices of accepted tenders.
The bills will be issued on a discount basis under competitive
and noncompetitive bidding, and at maturity their face amount will
be payable without interest. They will be issued in bearer form in
denominations of $10,000, $15,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 and
$1,000,000 (maturity value), and in book-entry form to designated
bidders.
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches
and, from individuals, at the Bureau of the Public Debt, Washing­
ton, D.C. 20226, up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday,
January 17, 1977. Each tender must be for a minimum of $10,000.
Tenders over $10,000 must be in multiples of $5,000. In the case of
competitive tenders the price offered must be expressed on the basis
of 100, with not more than three decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions
may not be used.
Banking institutions and dealers which make primary markets
in Government securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York their positions with respect to Government
securities and borrowings thereon may submit tenders for account
of customers provided the names of the customers are set forth in
such tenders. Others will not be permitted to submit tenders except
for their own account. Tenders will be received without deposit

from incorporated banks and trust companies and from responsible
and recognized dealers in investment securities. Tenders from others
must be accompanied by payment of 2 percent of the face amount of
bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express
guaranty of payment by an incorporated bank or trust company.
Public announcement will be made by the Department of the
Treasury of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those
submitting competitive tenders will be advised of the acceptance or
rejection thereof. The Secretary of the Treasury expressly reserves
the right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to these
reservations, noncompetitive tenders for each issue for $500,000 or
less without stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in
full at the average price (in three decimals) of accepted competi­
tive bids for the respective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders
in accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the
Federal Reserve Bank or Branch or at the Bureau of the Public
Debt on January 20, 1977, in cash or other immediately available
funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills maturing January
20, 1977; provided, however, that settlement for tenders submitted
to the Bureau of the Public Debt must be completed on January
21, 1977, and must include one day’s accrued interest if settlement
is made with other than Treasury bills maturing January 20, 1977.
Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash
adjustments will be made for differences between the par value
of maturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of the
new bills.
Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, the amount of discount at which bills issued here­
under are sold is considered to accrue when the bills are sold,
redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and the bills are excluded from
consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, the owner of bills
(other than life insurance companies) issued hereunder must in­
clude in his Federal income tax return, as ordinary gain or loss, the
difference between the price paid for the bills, whether on original
issue or on subsequent purchase, and the amount actually received
either upon sale or redemption at maturity during the taxable year
for which the return is made.
Department of the Treasury Circular No. 418 (current revision)
and this notice prescribe the terms of the Treasury bills and govern
the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circular may be obtained
from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch, or from the Bureau of
the Public Debt.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, January 17,
1977, at the Securities Department of 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 the enclosed enveloped marked
“Tender for Treasury Bills.” Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written con­
firmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for 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 of the last weekly offering of T re a su ry bills (91-day bills to be issued Jan u ary 13, 1977, representing an addi­
tional amount of bills dated October 14, 1976, maturing April 14, 1977; and 182-day bills dated January 13, 1977, matur­
ing July 14, 1977) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




P a u l A . V olcker,

President.
( over)

RESULTS OF LAST WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
(TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED JANUARY 13, 1977)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
91 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing April 14 , 1977

High ............................. .................
Low ............................ .................
Average...................... ................

P r ic e

D isc o u n t
R a te

98.839
98.833
98.834

4.593%
4.617%
4.613%

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 14,1977

I n v e stm e n t
R a te 1

4.71%
4.74%
4.73%

P r ic e

D isc o u n t
R a te

I n v e stm e n t
R a te l

97.579
97.568
97.572

4.789%
4.811%
4.803%

4.98 %
5.00%
4.99%

1 Equivalent coupon-issue yield.

(98 per cent of the amount of 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(84 per cent of the amount of 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
9 1 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing April 14 , 1977

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 14,1977

F.R. District (and U S . Treasury)

Received

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

$ 20,575,000
3,808,040,000
22,140,000
38,370,000
22,535,000
26,700,000
252,910,000
44,685,000
20,980,000
55,135,000
19,490,000
298,890,000

U.S. Treasury ........................

—

—

—

$4,630,450,000

$2,403,505,000a

$6,377,495,000

T

otals

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

Accepted

$ 16,575,000
2,053,615,000
18,490,000
37,770,000
22,535,000
26,670,000
61,410,000
21,180,000
12,980,000
47,690,000
19,490,000
65,100,000

a Includes $357,680,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public,
b Includes $150,215,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.




$

Received

Accepted

41,030,000
5,194,915,000
7,420,000
162,160,000
20,165,000
14,545,000
394,390,000
49,210,000
21,240,000
18,430,000
14,980,000
439,010,000

$
7,030,000
3,239,815,000
5,665,000
12,160,000
7,505,000
13,545,000
43,230,000
21,000,000
13,240,000
18,180,000
11,980,000
107,750,000
—
$3,501,100,000b