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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 3 1 0 *1
L
March 27, 1969
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 D istrict:

T h e fo llo w in g statem en t w as issu ed b y the T r e a s u r y D ep a rtm en t and relea sed at 6 :3 0 p.m.
y e ste rd a y :
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury bills, one series to be
an additional issue o f the bills dated December 31, 1968, and the other series to be dated March 31, 1969,
which were offered on March 18, 1969, were opened at the Federal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were
invited for $500,000,000, or thereabouts, o f 275-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
2 7 5 -D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g D e c e m b e r 3 1 ,1 9 6 9
Price

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

95.387
95.364
95.372

3 6 5 -D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g M a r c h 3 1 ,1 9 7 0

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

6.039%
6.069%
e.058% 1

93.825
93.752
93.783

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

6.090%
6.162%
6.132%!

i These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 6.37 percent for the 275-day bills, and
6.52 percent for the 365-day bills.
(38 percent of the amount of 275-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(27 percent of the amount of 365-day bills
bid for at the low priee was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
2 7 5 -D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g D e c e m b e r 3 1 ,1 9 6 9
District

Applied fo r

Boston ................................. $
189,000
New Y o r k ........................... 1,270,482,000
P hiladelph ia......................
5,416,000
Cleveland ..........................
5,449,000
Richmond ..........................
161,000
Atlanta ...............................
13,169,000
Chicago ..............................
102,988,000
St. L o n i s ............................
33,848,000
13,305,000
Minneapolis ......................
Kansas C i t y ......................
10,821,000
Dallas .................................
11,424,000
San Francisco ..................
102,649,000
T o t a l ........................... $1,569,901,000

Accepted

$

189,000$
438,267,000
416,000
5,449,000
161,000
1,253,000
21,188,000
23,928,000
305,000
3,821,000
1,424,000
3,649,000

$500,050,000a

3 6 5 -D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g M a rc h 3 1 ,1 9 7 0
Applied for

Accepted

690,000
$
1,350,418,000
12,635,000
16,827,000
1,973,000
13,626,000
112,999,000
43,714,000
10,427,000
11,090,000
12,345,000
172,619,000

690,000
729,218,000
2,405,000
11,727,000
1,973,000
8,626,000
58,999,000
41,214,000
10,427,000
9,090,000
6,345,000
119,619,000

$1,759,363,000

$1,000,333,000b

a Includes $17,432,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 95.372.

b Includes $44,574,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 93.783.




A

lfred

H

ayes,

President.