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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 2 7 0 " 1
U January 8, 1969
J

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$1,600,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated October 17, 1968, Due April 17, 1969
(To Be Issued January 16, 1969)
$1,100,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated January 16, 1969, Due July 17, 1969
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released for publication today at 4 p.m.,
Eastern Standard time:
The Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites
tenders for tw o series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount
of $2,700,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing January 16, 1969, in the amount of
$2,701,696,000, as follow s:
91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued January 16,
1969, in the amount of $1,600,000,000, or thereabouts,
representing an additional amount of bills dated O cto ­
ber 17, 1968, and to mature April 17, 1969, originally
issued in the amount of $1,101,755,000, the additional
and original bills to be freely interchangeable.
182-day bills, for $1,100,000,000, or thereabouts, to be
dated January 16, 1969, and to mature July 17, 1969.
The bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis
under competitive and noncompetitive bidding as hereinafter
provided, and at maturity their face amount will be payable
without interest. T h ey will be issued in bearer form only, and
in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000, $100,000,
$500,000 and $1,000,000 (maturity value).
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and
Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m., Eastern
Standard time, M onday, January 13, 1969. Tenders will not
be received at the Treasury Department, W ashington. Each
tender must be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the case
of competitive tenders the price offered must be expressed
on the basis o f 100, with not m ore than three decimals, e.g.,
99.925. Fractions may not be used. It is urged that tenders
be made on the printed form s and forwarded in the special
envelopes which will be supplied by Federal Reserve Banks
or Branches on application therefor.
Banking institutions generally may submit tenders for
account o f customers, provided the names of the customers are
set forth in such tenders. Others than banking institutions will
not be permitted to submit tenders except for their ow n account.
Tenders will be received without deposit from incorporated
banks and trust companies and from responsible and recognized
dealers in investment securities. Tenders from others must be
accompanied by payment of 2 percent of the face amount of
Treasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied
by an express guaranty of payment by an incorporated bank or
trust company.
Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened
at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, follow ing which
public announcement will be made by the Treasury Department

o f the amount and price range o f accepted bids. T h ose sub­
mitting tenders will be advised o f the acceptance or rejection
thereof. T h e Secretary o f the Treasury expressly reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in w hole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to
these reservations, noncom petitive tenders for each issue for
$200,000 or less without stated price from any one bidder will
be accepted in full at the average price (in three decim als) of
accepted competitive bids for the respective issues. Settlement
for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids must be made
or com pleted at the Federal Reserve Bank on January 16, 1969,
in cash or other immediately available funds or in a like face
amount o f Treasury bills maturing January 16, 1969. Cash and
exchange tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash adjust­
ments will be made for differences between the par value of
maturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price o f the
new bills.
The incom e derived from Treasury bills, whether interest
or gain from the sale or other disposition o f the bills, does not
have any exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other
disposition of Treasury bills does not have any special treat­
ment, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code o f 1954. The
bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise
taxes, whether Federal or State, but are exempt from all taxa­
tion now or hereafter im posed on the principal or interest
thereof by any State, or any o f the possessions o f the United
States, or by any local taxing authority. For purposes of
taxation the amount of discount at which Treasury bills are
originally sold by the United States is considered to be interest.
Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) o f the Internal Revenue
Code o f 1954, the amount of discount at which bills issued
hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such bills
are sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and such bills
are excluded from consideration as capital assets. A ccordin gly,
the owner of Ireasury bills (other than life insurance com ­
panies) issued hereunder need include in his incom e tax return
only the difference between the price paid for such bills,
whether on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the
amount actually received either upon sale or redemption at
maturity during the taxable year for which the return is made,
as ordinary gain or loss.
Treasury Departm ent Circular N o. 418 (current revision)
and this notice prescribe the terms of the Treasury bills and
govern the conditions of their issue. Copies o f the circular may
be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, January 13, 1969,
at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for the respective series
are enclosed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them in the enclosed envelope marked
“ Tender for Treasury Bills.” Tenders may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; they may not be
submitted by telephone. Payment for the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan
Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills.
Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills (91-day bills to be issued January 9, 1969, representing an
additional amount of bills dated October 10, 1968, maturing April 10, 1969; and 182-day bills dated January 9, 1969,
maturing July 10, 1969) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




A lfred H a y e s ,

President.
( over)

RESULTS OF LAST W EEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES
TO BE ISSUED JANUARY 9, 1969)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing April 10,1969

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 10,1969

Price

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

High ........................................

98.443

6.160%

96.798a

6.334%

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

98.421

6.247%

96.774

6.381%

98.426

6.227% x

96.782

6.365%*

Low

Average

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

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

a Excepting one tender of $800,000.
1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 6.41 percent for the 91-day bills, and
6.67 percent for the 182-day bills.

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

(34 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)
91 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing A pril 10,1969
District

Applied for

Boston ........................ ............
New Y o r k .................. ............

$

32,032,000

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 10,1969

Accepted

$

22,032,000

Applied for

$

8,653,000

Accepted

$

8,653,000

1,846,911,000

1,074,781,000

1,567,627,000

775,407,000

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

35,247,000

20,247,000

22,431,000

10,948,000

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

39,142,000

39,142,000

47,936,000

40,936,000

Richmond ................................

17,223,000

17,223,000

13,082,000

9,082,000

Atlanta

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

59,359,000

47,404,000

39,686,000

28,186,000

Chicago ........................ ..........

264,995,000

129,135,000

163,788,000

89,088,000

St. L o u is ...................... ..........

56,625,000

49,094,000

37,174,000

32,712,000

Minneapolis

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

22,276,000

18,291,000

24,591,000

17,281,000

Kansas City ................ ..........

36,989,000

34,952,000

29,230,000

27,230,000

Dallas

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

36,092,000

26,092,000

28,327,000

18,327,000

San F ran cisco.............. ..........

192,004,000

121,649,000

112,690,000

42,190,000

..........

$2,638,895,000

Philadelphia
Cleveland

T otal

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

$1,600,042,000b

b Includes $364,559,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.426.
c Includes $237,737,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 96.782.




$2,095,215,000

$1,100,040,000L-