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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK
O F N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States

r Circular No. 4 9 4 2 1
L October 6, 1960
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TREASURY FINANCING
— $1.5 Billion of 1-Year Bills
— $3.5 Billion of 244-Day Tax Anticipation Bills

To A ll In corporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

The following statement was made public today by the Treasury Department:
The Treasury will issue $1% billion of 1-year (364-day) Treasury bills, for cash or in
exchange for the $2 billion of Treasury bills which mature on October 17, 1960. The new
bills will be sold on an auction basis, and tenders for such bills will be received on October
11, 1960. Payment for these bills cannot be made by credit in Treasury Tax and Loan
Accounts.
Full details regarding the offering of the bills to be issued on October 17, 1960, and to
mature on October 16, 1961, are being released at this time.
In addition, the Treasury will borrow $ 3 billion to cover its anticipated cash require­
ments during the remainder of the calendar year, including $500 million to cover the reduc­
tion in the October 17, 1960 bills. These funds will be obtained from the issuance of:
$3i/2 billion, or thereabouts, of 244-day Treasury bills, Tax Anticipation Series, to be
dated October 21, 1960. and to mature June 22, 1961.
These tax anticipation bills will be acceptable at par in payment of income and profits
taxes due June 15, 1961. They may be paid for by credit in Treasury Tax and Loan
Accounts. Tenders for the bills, which will be sold on an auction basis, will be received on
October 18, 1960. Full details regarding the offering of this issue of tax anticipation bills
will be released next week.

Circulars and tender forms for the 1-year Treasury bills to be issued on October
17, 1960, are enclosed.




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