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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS FIS C A L AG ENT OF THE UNITED STATES Dallas, Texas, September 14, 1962 To All Banking Institutions and Others Concerned in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District: There is quoted below a press statement issued today by the Treasury Department: Treasury Plans To Sell Long-term Bonds Through Competitive Bidding The Treasury announced today its intention to test a new technique in borrowing operations — the sale of long-term bonds through an underwriting syndicate on the basis of competitive bidding. The experiment will be made at some time during the next six months, after there has been full opportunity for comment and appraisal by both investors and the banks and other financial institutions which might wish to participate in bidding for and distributing the bonds. The amount to be offered will be in the order of magnitude of one-quarter of a billion dollars. The basic procedures to be followed will be similar to those which have been widely used for many years in selling State and local government securities and the bonds of privately-owned public utilities. It is anticipated that potential underwriters will form bidding groups. The bonds will be awarded to the group offering the highest bid (the lowest interest cost) for bonds bearing a given coupon and maturity and call provision, if any. The Secretary of the Treasury will reserve the right to reject any or all bids. The Treasury’s objective is to explore the practicability of this technique for occasionally placing moderate amounts of marketable long-term Government bonds in the hands of the public, at the lowest possible interest cost to the taxpayers and without adverse effects on the markets for other long-term securities. It is not presently contemplated that offerings of long-term bonds at competitive bidding will be made on a regularly-scheduled basis. If this first trial should prove successful, subsequent applications of this technique for selling long-term bonds will be made, with appropriate notice to the market, whenever the general economic environment and capital market conditions seem appropriate for such an offering. Recognizing that many problems will have to be resolved before this new type of borrowing operation can be initiated, the Treasury wishes to obtain the views of members of the financial commu nity and any other interested persons on the procedural and other aspects of selling long-term Govern ment securities through competitive bidding. Written comments should be addressed to: Office of Debt Analysis U. S. Treasury Department Room 3036, Main Treasury Building 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Washington 25, D. C. A public meeting with Treasury officials for discussion of questions and suggestions will be held in the auditorium of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Wednesday, October 17, at 3:30 P.M. In making the announcement at this time, the Treasury hopes to give all interested parties adequate time for preliminary consideration, prior to the October 17 meeting, of all of the procedural and other problems which might be encountered in initiating this new borrowing technique. Yours very truly, Watrous H. Irons President This publication publication was digitized and made available bj by the Federal Feserve Reserve TBank Historical Fibraiy Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org). (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) ank ooff FDallas' allas' historical
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