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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 8 9 91
L February 15, 1972

Results of Bidding for 91-Day and 182-Day Treasury Bills
(To Be Issued F eb ru ary 17, 1972)
To A ll Incorporated B anks and T rust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

At the time of printing our Circular N o . 6898, dated February 14, 1972, announcing an offering of 91-day and
182-day Treasury bills, to be issued February 24, 1972, the results of bidding for the previous offering of 91-day and
182-day Treasury bills, to be issued February 17, 1972, were not available. The results, now available, are:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
9 1 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing May 18 , 1972

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

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 17 , 1972

Price

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

Price

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

99.246
99.214
99.225

2.983%
3.109%
3.066%1

98.231
98.192
98.212

3.499%
3.576%
3.537%1

JThese rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 3.14 percent for the 91-day bills, and
3.66 percent for the 182-day bills.

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

(56 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)
9 1 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing May 18 , 1972
D istrict

Boston ..................... ...........
New York ................... ...........
Philadelphia ............ ...........
Cleveland .................. ...........
Richmond ...........
...........
Atlanta ..................
...........
Chicago .......................
St. Louis ................. ...........
Minneapolis ...........
...........
Kansas City ............
- ........
Dallas .......................
San Francisco ............ ...........
T o t a l ........................

...........

$

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 17 , 1972
Accepted

Applied for

Applied for

Accepted

22,995,000
3,171,710,000
29,670,000
21,995,000
10,115,000
41,265,000

$ 12,995,000
2,078,860,000
14,670,000
21,995,000
10,115,000
32,265,000
72,525,000
29,310,000
25,355,000
21,045,000
19,365,000
61,880,000

$

$

$2,400,380,000a

$3,103,510,000

$1,800,350,000b

35,310,000
33.355,000
21,475,000
164,880,000
$3,810,710,000

25,555,000
2,604,735,000
12,270,000
20,210,000
2,660,000
30,30S,000
198,055,000
21,410,000
37,830,000
19,050,000
28,840,000
102,590,000

16,555,000
1,600,455,000
10,270,000
12,210,000
2,660,000
14,805,000
58,055,000
13,910,000
27,340,000
14,050,000
13,640,000
16,400,000

alncludes $188,130,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 99.225.
^Includes $87,310,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.212.




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