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FE D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK O F N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular

No. 6 7 3 5
M ay 20, 1971

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RESULTS OF O FFERIN G OF *1.6 B IL L IO N STRIP OF T R E A S U R Y BILLS
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

The following statement was issued by the Treasury Department and released
at 6 :3 0 p.m. yesterday:
The Treasury Department announced that tenders for additional amounts of eight series
of Treasury bills to an aggregate amount of $1,600,000,000, or thereabouts, to be issued
May 25, 1971, which were offered on May 14, 1971, were opened at the Federal Reserve
Banks today. The amount of accepted tenders will be equally divided among the eight issues
of outstanding Treasury bills maturing June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29,
August 5 and August 12, 1971.
The details of the offering are as follows:
Total applied for ....

$3,085,600,000

Total accepted.......

$1,600,280,000

(includes $111,000,000 entered on a nonĀ­
competitive basis and accepted in full
at the average price shown below)

Range of accepted competitive bids:
Price

H ig h ............................................
Low ............................................
Average ......................................

Approximate equivalent annual rate of
discount based on 54.5 days ( average
number of days to maturity)

99.410s
99.370
99.379

3.897%
4.161%
4.102% 1

a Excepting two tenders totaling $1,000,000.
1 This rate is on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yield is 4.20 percent.

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

B oston......................................................
New York ..............................................
Philadelphia ............................................
Cleveland ................................................
Richmond ................................................
Atlanta ...... - ...........................................
C hicago....................................................
St. L ou is..................................................
Minneapolis ............................................
Kansas City ............................................
Dallas ......................................................
San Francisco ........................................




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Applied for

Accepted

$ 197,840,000
1,476,480,000
108,080,000
123,400,000
27,160,000
46,640,000
404,760,000
61,280,000
296,520,000
81,880,000
124,240,000
137,320,000

$ 158,440,000
494,480,000
92,080,000
33,000,000
7,760,000
28,840,000
275,160,000
25,580,000
249,720,000
67,600,000
47,740,000
119,880,000

$3,085,600,000

$1,600,280,000
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President.