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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BA N K
O F N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States

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Circular No. 4 7 5 1 1
June 25, 1959
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T R E A S U R Y FINANCING

To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

The follow in g statement was made public today by the T reasury D epartm ent:
The Treasury Department is offering fo r cash subscription:
$3,000 million, or thereabouts, o f 258-day Treasury bills, Tax A nticipation Series, to be
dated J u ly 8, 1959, and to mature March 22, 1960, and
$2,000 million, or thereabouts, o f 1-year Treasury bills to be dated J u ly 15, 1959, and to
mature J u ly 15, 1960.
(Issuance o f the securities will be dependent upon the availability at time o f issue o f an adequate
debt limitation.)
The current cash financing will cover the m ajor share o f Treasury cash financing needs for
the first quarter o f the fiscal year.
Treasury bills, Tax Anticipation Series
The $3,000 million o f Treasury bills, Tax Anticipation Series, will be offered on an auction
basis on J u ly 1, 1959. These bills will be dated July 8, 1959, and will mature March 22, 1960.
They will be acceptable at par in payment o f income and profits taxes due March 15, 1960.
Treasury bills, 1-year
The $2,000 million o f 1-vear Treasury bills will be offered on an auction basis on J u ly 8,
1959. Notwithstanding the fact that these bills will run for 366 days, the discount rate will be
com puted on a bank discount basis o f 360 days as is currently the practice on all issues o f Treasury
bills. The bills will be dated J u ly 15, 1959, and will mature J u ly 15, 1960. This is the third
step in the Treasury’s program looking to the eventual establishment o f a pattern o f 1-year
maturities on quarterly dates in January, A p ril, July, and October.
General requirements
A ll subscribers to each o f the above issues o f Treasury bills are required to agree not to
purchase or to sell, or to make any agreements with respect to the purchase or sale or other
disposition o f the Treasury bills fo r which tenders are submitted under these offerings, until
after the closing hours fo r tenders on July 1 and J u ly 8, respectively.
F ull details regarding the offering o f tax anticipation Treasury bills will be released for
morning newspapers Monday, June 29, and for the 1-year Treasury bills on Monday, July 6.
The new issues may be paid fo r by credit in Treasury Tax and Loan Accounts.

Our circulars and tender form s fo r the tax anticipation bill offerin g will be mailed
to reach you b y Monday, June 29, and fo r the one-year bill offering, b y Monday, July 6.




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