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FED E R A L R E S E R V E BANK
O F N E W YORK
Fiscal A gent of the U nited States
f Circular No. 6 5 2 9
L

April 24, 1970

Results of Treasury’s 9-Month and 12-Month Bill Offerings
To A ll In corporated B anks and T ru st Com panies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second F ederal R eserve D is tr ic t:

The following statement was issued by the Treasury Department and released at 6:30 p.m.
yesterday:
The T reasury D epartm ent announced th a t the tenders for two series of T reasury bills, one series to be
an additional issue of the bills dated J a n u a ry 31, 1970, and the other series to be dated A pril 30, 1970,
which were offered on A p ril 16, 1970, were opened a t the F ederal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were
invited fo r $500,000,000, or thereabouts, of 276-day bills and fo r $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, of 365-day
bills. The details of the two series are as follow s:

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
276-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 31,1971
P rice

H igh ...........................................
L o w .............................................
Average .....................................

94.844a
94.637
94.753

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing A pril 30,1971

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

P rice

6.725%
6.995%
6.844%1

93.258b
92.908
93.091

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

6.650%
6.995%
6.814%1

a E xcepting two tenders totalin g $600,000.
b Excepting one tender o f $10,000.
i
These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 7.23 percent for the 276-day bills, and
7.29 percent for the 365-day bills.

(48 percent of the am ount of 276-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(24 percent of the am ount of 365-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
276-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 31,1971
.........$
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........

S an F ra n cisco

A ccepted

A p p lied fo r

D istrict

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

330,000
845,660,000
6,630.000
1,560,000
5,990,000
11,140.000

51,770,000

T otal ................... .........$1,000,680,000

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing A pril 30,1971

$

330,000
369,060,000
6,630,000
1,560,000
5,990,000
7,140,000
38,510,000
10,320,000
12,080,000
840,000
8,650,000
39,170,000

$500,280,000c

A p p lied for

$

20,440,000
1,377,420,000
13,390,000
22,820,000
12,550,000
14,950,000
87,610,000
20,070,000
14,790,000
4,440,000
11,540,000
124,930,000

$1,724,950,000

A ccepted

$

20,440,000
916,220,000
13,390,000
22,820,000
12,550.000
9,950,000
80,010,000
20,070.000
14,790,000
4,440,000
10,540,000
74,930,000

$1,200,150,000d

c Includes $15,950,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 94.753.
d Includes $54,700,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 93.091.




A l fr ed H ayes,

President.