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FED E R AL R E S E R V E B A N K
O F N E W YORK
Fiscal A gent of the U nited States
Circular No. 6 5 6 1 ~l
J u n e 2 4 , 1970

J

R esults of Treasury’s 9 -Month and 1 2 -Month B ill Offerings
To A ll In corporated B anks and T rust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal 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 M arch 31, 1970, and the other series to be dated Ju n e 30, 1970,
which were offered on Ju n e 17, 1970, were opened a t the F ederal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were
invited for $500,000,000, or thereabouts, of 274-day bills and for $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, of 365-day
bills. The details of the two series are as follow s:
Range of Accepted Com petitive Bids
274-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing March 31,1971

H igh ...........................................
Low .............................................
Average .....................................

365-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing June 30,1971

P rice

A pprox. equiv.
annual ra te

P rice

94.695a
94.604
94.620

6.970%
7.090%
7.069%1

92.923
92.766
92.823

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

6.980%
7.135%
7.079% !

a Excepting one tender of $800,000.
i
These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 7.49 percent for the 274-day bills, and
7.59 percent for the 365-day bills.

(96 percent of the am ount of 274-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

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

T otal Tenders A pplied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
274-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing March 3 1 , 1 9 7 1
D istrict

Applied for

B o s to n .................................. 1?
430,000
New Y o r k ............................
984,210,000
P h ila d e lp h ia ........................
1.150.000
Cleveland ............................
1,280,000
Richmond ............................
3,350,000
A tlanta ................................
14,360,000
Chicago ................................
106,280,000
St. L o u i s ..............................
8,610,000
M inneapolis ........................
2,610,000
K ansas C i t y ........................
7,130,000
Dallas ..................................
14,210,000
San Francisco ...................
99,560,000
T o t a l ............................ $1,243,180,000

Accepted

365-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing Ju ne 3 0 , 1 9 7 1
Applied for

$
430,000$ 22,040,000
388,410,000
1,405,910,000
1,150,000
3,710,000
1,280,000
13,120,000
2,350,000
6,950,000
6,920,000
19,940,000
31,080,000
154,420,000
7,110,000
14,840,000
2,110,000
5,890,000
2,130,000
13,670,000
1,210,000
16,390,000
56,360,000
95,970,000
$500,540,000b

$1,772,850,000

Accepted

$

12,040,000
961,870,000
3,710,000
11,120,000
6,950 000
17,940^000
106,420 000
14,840 000
3,890000
8 670 000
7’390000
45*400*000

^1,200^240^000=

b Includes $21,440,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted a t the average price of 94.620.
c Includes $74,010,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted a t the average price of 92.823.




A lfred H

ayes,

President.