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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS
F IS C A L A G E N T O F T H E U N IT E D
D A L L A S .T E X A S

STATES

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Circular Wo. 7^-123
May 3, 197^

To All Banking Institutions and Others Concerned
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:

Quoted below is the text of a statement issued by
the Treasury Department today concerning the interest rates
for the two notes to be auctioned Tuesday and Wednesday.
COUPOW RATES ANNOUNCED FOR NEW TREASURY WOTE ISSUES
The Treasury has set a coupon rate of 8-3 /krfo for both
the $2.0 billion of 25 - 1 /2 month notes and the $1.75 billion
of b - l / b year notes, the sale of which was announced on May 1.
The series titles will be 8-3/^- percent Treasury Wotes of
Series I-I 976 and 8 - 3/^- percent Treasury Wotes of Series
C-1978.
The k - l / b year notes will be auctioned on Tuesday,
May 7, and the 25-1/2 month notes will be auctioned on
Wednesday, May 8.
The public should be aware that in an auction the prices
bid are not necessarily at par.
The average price at which
noncompetitive tenders are awarded may therefore be more or
less than par.
Subscribers submitting noncompetitive tenders
should understand that the yield they receive may be lower
than the stated coupon rate.
Additional copies of this circular will be furnished
upon request.

Yours very truly,
P. E. Coldwell
President

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