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FEDERAL R ESERVE BANK
OF N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
j" Circular No. 6 2 5 0 ' ]
November 25, 1968 J

Results of Treasury’s 9-Month and 12-Month Bill Offerings
To All Incorporated Banlcs 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.
November 22:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury bills, one series to be
an additional issue of the bills dated August 31, 1968, and the other series to be dated November 30, 1968,
which were offered on November 18, 1968, were opened at the Federal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were
invited for $500,000,000, or thereabouts, of 272-day bills and for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, of 365-day
bills. The details of the two series are as follow s:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
272-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 31,1969
Price

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

95.716
95.685
95.699

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing November 30,1969

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

5.670%
5.711%
5.693%1

94.370
94.328
94.355

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

5.553%
5.594%
5.568%1

i These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.97 percent fo r the 272-day bills, and
5.90 percent fo r the 365-day bills.

(20 percent of the amount of 272-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(12 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)
272-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 31,1969
Applied for

District

.... $

___

Minneapolis ..............
Kansas C i t y ..............
Dallas ........................
San Francisco ..........
T

o tal

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

3,046,000
988,302,000
12.464,000
14,985,000
3,562.000
18,019,000
81,552.000
6,795,000
12,455,000
4.160.000
11,482.000
180,411,000

. . . . $1,337,233,000

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing November 30,1969

Accepted

Applied for

$ 3,046,000
398,302,000
1,464,000
2,785,000
1,062,000
4,719,000
21,052.000
4,295,000
5,455,000
2,660,000
1,482,000
53,711,000

$

$500,033,000*

$1,971,804,000

Accepted

18,497,000
1,443,443,000
12,462,000
28,793,000
4,372,000
15,515,000
174,945,000
16,856,000
12,951,000
10,100,000
31,802,000
202,068,000

$

2,076,000
825,002,000
2,462,000
3,691,000
1,872,000
3,630,000
82,145,000
6,416,000
951,000
6,600,000
1,802,000
63,368,000

$1,000,015,000b

a Includes $21,166,000 noncom petitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 95.699.
b Includes $46,747,000 noncom petitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 94.355.




A

lfred

H

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President.