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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 A gen t o f the U nited States

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Circular No. 4 8 1 4 T
November 25, 1959 J

Results o f Bidding for Special 320-Day Treasury Bills

To AH Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

The following statement was released for publication in this morning’s news­
papers :
The Treasury Department announced last evening that the tenders fo r $2,000,000,000,
or thereabouts, o f 320-day Treasury bills to be dated December 2, 1959, and to mature
October 17, 1960, which were offered on November 19, were opened at the Federal Reserve
Banks on November 24.
The details o f this issue are as follow s:
Total applied fo r

$3,964,626,000

Total accepted . .

$2,000,255,000

(includes $393,847,000 entered on a non­
competitive basis and accepted in fu ll at
the average price shown below)

Range o f accepted competitive bids (excepting five tenders totaling $725,000) :
H igh

......................

95.835

Equivalent rate o f discount approx.
4.686% per annum

Low ........................

95.651

Equivalent rate o f discount approx.
4.893% per annum

...............

95.680

Equivalent rate o f discount approx.
4.860% per annum

Average

(74 percent o f the amount bid for at the low price was accepted)
Federal R eserve D istrict

Total
applied fo r

Boston ................................................... $ 183,442,000
New Y ork .............................................
1,512,443,000
Philadelphia .........................................
195,017,000
Cleveland .............................................
350,683,000
Richmond .............................................
129,121,000
Atlanta .................................................
225,988,000
Chicago .................................................
463,396,000
St. Louis ...............................................
131,951,000
M in n eap olis...........................................
148,091,000
Kansas City .........................................
117,519,000
D a lla s ......................................................
198,688,000
San F r a n c is c o .......................................
308,287,000




T o tal

$3,964,626,000

Total
accepted

$

49,542,000
708,222,000
124,717,000
170,143,000
87,021,000
131,670,000
255,042,000
78,591,000
105,091,000
74,119,000
110,330,000
105,767,000

$2,000,255,000
A lfred H ayes,

President.