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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r C ircu la r N o . 6 3 0 0 ~1
L F e b ru a ry 26, 1969 J

Results of Offering of $1 Billion Strip of Treasury Bills
To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

T h e f o ll o w in g s ta te m e n t w a s is s u e d b y th e T r e a s u r y D e p a r tm e n t a n d re le a s e d
at 6 :3 0 p .m . y e s t e r d a y :

The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for additional amounts of five
series of Treasury bills to an aggregate amount of $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, to be
issued March 3, 1969, which were offered on February 19, 1969, were opened at the Federal
Reserve Banks today. The amount of accepted tenders will be equally divided among the
five issues of outstanding Treasury bills maturing April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, and
August 31, 1969.
The details of the offering are as follows:
Total applied for
Total accepted . .

$2,960,415,000
$1,000,400,000

(includes $63,735,000 entered on a nonĀ­
competitive basis and accepted in full
at the average price shown below)

Range of accepted competitive bids:
Price

High ..........................................
L o w ............................................
Average ....................................

Approximate equivalent annual rate o f
discount based on 119.4 days (average
number o f days to maturity)

98.058a
98.035
98.041

5.855%
5.925%
5.907%*

a Excepting two tenders totaling $1,100,000.
1 This rate is on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yield is 6.11 percent.

(75 percent of the amount bid for at the low price was accepted.)
Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
District

Boston ..................................................
New Y o r k .............................................
Philadelphia ......................................
Cleveland ............................................
Richmond ............................................
Atlanta ................................................
Chicago ..............................................
St. L o u is ...............................................
Minneapolis ........................................
Kansas C i t y ........................................
Dallas ..................................................
San Francisco ....................................




T o t a l ........................................

Applied for

Accepted

$ 129,315,000
1,427,015,000
165,450,000
155,925,000
13,075,000
74,970,000
353,155,000
75,200,000
201,630,000
74,460,000
128,380,000
161,840,000

$

$2,960,415,000

30,290,000
487,765,000
73,350,000
63,325,000
5,075,000
29,570,000
31,115,000
13,500,000
105,630,000
58,010,000
27,130,000
75,640,000

$1,000,400,000
A

lfred

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President.