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FED ER AL RESERVE
O F NEW YORK

BANK

F is c a l A g e n t o f th e U n it e d S ta te s
I" Circular No. 6 1 8 2 1
June 26, 1968
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Results of Treasury’s 9-Month and 12-Month Bill Offerings
To All Incorporated Banlrs and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

The following statement was issued by the Treasury Department and released at G:30 p.m.,
yesterday:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury bills, one series to be
an additional issue of the bills dated March 31, 1968, and the other series to be dated June 30, 1968,
which were offered on June 19, 1968, were opened at the Federal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were
invited for $500,000,000, or thereabouts, of 273-day bills and for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, of 365-day
bills. The details of the two series are as follows:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
273-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing March 3 1 ,1 96 9

High .................
Low ..................
Average ...............

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing June 30,1969

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

95.678
95.624
95.643

5.699%
5.771%
S.745%1

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

94.206a
94.172
94.189

5.715%
5.748%
5.731%!

aExcepting one tender of $600,000.
iThese rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 6.03 percent for the 273-day bills, and
6.08 percent for the 365-day bills.
(94 percent of the amount of 273-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(90 percent of the amount of 365-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
273-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing March 3 1 ,1 96 9
District

Boston.............. $
New Y o r k ...........
Philadelphia..........
Cleveland ...........
Richmond ...........
Atlanta .............
Chicago .............
St. Louis............
Minneapolis ..........
Kansas City ..........
Dallas ..............
San Francisco ........

Applied for

Accepted

151,000$
151,000
868,173,000370,993,000
4,682,000
1,682,000
3,565,000
565,000
665,000
665,000
11,557,000
757,000
128,133,000
48,133,000
13,792,000
7,792,000
8,225,000
3,165,000
3,874,000
2,614,000
11,300,000
5,300,000
145,811,000
58,211,000

365-I)ay Treasury Bills
Maturing June 30,1969
Applied for

Accepted

$ 10,169,000
$
1,664,419,000
11,770,000
34,234,000
1,531,000
17,926,000
221,351,000
19,676,000
12,652,000
6,871,000
11,532,000
191,366,000

T o t a l ........... $1,199,928,000
$500,028,000b
$2,203,497,000
b Includes $15,505,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 95.643.
c Includes $38,909,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 94.189.




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169 000
793,784,000
3,770.000
4,034,000
1,531,000
2,826,000
82,306,000
6,576,000
1,652 000
3 976 000
1,532’
,000
97^866,000
"$1,000^022,000=

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President.