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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 2 4 IT
u November 6, 1968 J

RESULTS OF BIDDING FOR 91-DAY AND 182-DAY TREASURY BILLS
TO BE ISSUED NOVEMBER 7, 1968
To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

At the time of printing our Circular No. 6240, dated November 4, 1968, announcing an offering of 91-day and
182-day Treasury bills, to be issued November 14, 1968, the results of bidding for the previous week’s offering of
91-day and 182-day Treasury bills, to be issued November 7, 1968, were not available. The results, now available, are:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids

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

91-Day Treasury Bills

182-Day Treasury Bills

Maturing February 6, 1969

Maturing M ay 8, 1969

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

98.617
98.588
98.596

5.471%
5.586%
S.554%1

97.184a
97.154
97.161

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

5.570%
5.629%
5.616%a

a Excepting one tender of $70,000.
1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.71 percent for the 91-day bills, and
5.86 percent for the 182-day bills.

(65 percent of the amount of 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(73 percent of the amount of 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)

District

91-Day Treasury Bills

182-Day Treasury Bills

Maturing February 6, 1969

Maturing M ay 8, 1969

Applied for

Boston ....................................
New York ..............................
Philadelphia............................
Cleveland ................................
Richmond ..............................
Atlanta ....................................
Chicago ..................................
St. Louis ................................
Minneapolis ............................
Kansas C ity ............................
Dallas ......................................
San Francisco........................
T o t a l ......................

$

Accepted

23,765,000$ 23,765,000
1,800,637,0001,131,887,000
36,528,000
21,528,000
38,817,000
38,817,000
18,839,000
18,839,000
31,506,000
29,006,000
182,029,000
156,229,000
40,370,000
34,020,000
22,391,000
20,391,000
23,867,000
23,867,000
29,373,000
24,023,000
135,002,000
77,652,000

$2,383,124,000

$1,600,024,000b

Applied for

Accepted

$ 12,321,000
$
1,623,747,000
17,810,000
57,924,000
4,231,000
20,341,000
125,397,000
21,150,000
16,967,000
13,716,000
19,626,000
111,822,000
$2,045,052,000

12,321,000
829,867,000
7,733 000
49,654,000
3,987,000
16,341000
75,397 000
15,815^000
11,467 000
13,316!000
12,626 000
52,531,000
$1,101,055 £00°

Includes $298,963,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.596.
cIncludes $128,432,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.161.




A lfred H

ayes ,
President.