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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular N o. 6 1 9 2 1
L

July 25, 1968

J

Results of Treasury’s 9-Month and 12-Month Bill Offerings

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

The following statement was issued by the Treasury Department and released at 6:30 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 April 30, 1968, and the other series to be dated July 31, 1968, which
were offered on July 18, 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 A pril 30, 1969

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

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 31, 1969

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

95.958
95.944
95.949

5.330%
5.349%
5.342%!

94.629
94.608
94.617

5.297%
5.318%
S.309%1

1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.59 percent for the 273-day bills, and
5.61 percent for the 365-day bills.

(46 percent of the amount of 273-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(57 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 April 30, 1969
District

Applied for

Accepted

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 31, 1969
Applied for

Boston.............. $
21,000$
21,000
$ 10,560,000
$
New Y o r k ...........
1,373,671,000468,771,000
2,009,571,000
Philadelphia..........
4,838,000
838,000
12,703,000
Cleveland ...........
33,138,000
2,138,000
64,915,000
Richmond ...........
10,196,000
196,000
11,534,000
Atlanta .............
11,725,000
925,000
24,959,000
Chicago .............
199,757,000
8,257,000
426,277,000
St. Louis............
38,870,000
13,370,000
52,393,000
Minneapolis ..........
13,749,000
749,000
13,670,000
Kansas City .........
11,735,000
2,735,000
12,358,000
Dallas ..............
11,585,000
1,585,000
11,807,000
San Francisco ........
131,859,000
859,000
294,135,000
T otal ............

$1,841,144,000

$500,444,000*

$2,944,882,000

Accepted

560 000
856 442000
1703000
2 505 000
1 534 000
3 594 000
119 870 000
3793000
670 000
3 358 000
1 807 000
5*085 000
$1,000,921,000b

a Includes $15,791,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 95.949.
b Includes $38,627,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 94.617.




A lfred

H ayes,

President.