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F E D E R A L R ESER V E BA N K O F NEW Y O R K
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6643 1
LNovember 25, 1970 -*

Results of Treasury’s 9-Month and 12-Month Bill Offerings
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

T he following statem ent was issued by the T reasury D epartm ent and released at 6:3 0 p.m. yesterday:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury bills, one series to be an additional issue
of the bills dated August 31, 1970, and the other series to be dated November 30, 1970, which were offered on November 17,
1970, were opened at the Federal 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 follows:

Range of Accepted Com petitive Bids

274-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 31,1971
Price

H i g h ................................. ....................
Low ................................. ....................
A verage ........................... ....................

96.168a
96.115
96.131

a Excepting one tender of $1,000,000.

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing November 30,1971

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

5.035%
5.104%
5.083% !

94.98l b
94.831
94.921

4.950%
5.098%
5.009% !

b Excepting one tender of $480,000.

1 These rates are on a bank discount basis.
percent for the 365-day bills.

The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.31 percent for the 274-day bills, and 5.28

(9 6 percent of the am ount of 274-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(70 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 (B y Federal Reserve Districts)

274-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 31,1971
Applied for

District

............................. .........
N ew Y ork ...................... .........
Boston

$

365-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing November 30,1971

10,925,000

$ 10,925,000

981,205,000

349,865,000

Accepted

A pplied for

Accepted

$

11,825,000

$

1,417,025,000

11,825,000
896,025,000

P h ila d e lp h ia ....................

3,680,000

550,000

2,980,000

2,980,000

Cleveland ........................ .........
Richm ond ...................... .........
A tlanta ............................. . . . .

1,535,000

1,535,000

16,515,000

4,515,000

720,000

720,000

1,470,000

1,470,000

10,080,000

3’,820,000

12,335,000

7,785,000

........................... .........
St. L o u i s ........................... .........
M inneapolis .................... .........

142,570,000

71,170,000

174,605,000

141,105,000

7,020,000

3,520,000

9,120,000

7,970,000

10,460,000

8,460,000

10,805,000

10,805,000

K ansas City .................... .........
D allas ............................... .........

4,345,000
4,700,000

2,345,000

5,790,000

5,790,000

3,700,000

15,165,000

8,165,000

145,440,000

43,670,000

175,620,000

101,620,000

Chicago

San Francisco

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

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

$1,322,680,000

$500,280,000°

$1,853,255,000

$1,200,055,000d

c Includes $20,460,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 96.131.
d Includes $39,395,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 94.921.




A

lfred

H

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President.