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FED ERAL RE SE R V E BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal A gen t o f the U nited States

f Circular No. 3 9 6
L
April 17, 1953

3 % PERCENT TREASURY BONDS OF 1978-83

Offering Oversubscribed— Allotments Deferred

To All Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:




The following statement was made public today:
Secretary o f the Treasury H um phrey announced today that the current
cash offering o f 3*4 percent Treasury bonds has been heavily oversubscribed.
Present indications are that total subscriptions when processed w ill be about
$ 5 % billion. Some subscriptions were excessive in relation to the net worth
o f the subscribers, and the Federal Reserve Banks are reviewing these sub­
scriptions before allotments can be made.
Precise allotments on this issue will be deferred until next week in order
to give time to complete this review. A ll subscriptions accepted w ill be
allotted on an equal percentage basis.

A

llan

S proul,

P r e s id e n t.