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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N EW YORK
Fiscal A gent of the United States
[" Circular No. 6 8 0 6 1
L September 23, 1971 J

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 follow in g- statement was issued by the T reasury Department and released at 6 :3 0 p.m.
y esterd a y:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury bills, one series to be
an additional issue of the bills dated June 30, 1971, and the other series to be dated September 30, 1971,
which were offered on September 15, 1971, 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 366-day
bills. The details of the two series are as follows:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids

274-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing June 30, 1972

366-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing September 30, 1972

Price

96.027
95.997
96.010

High ........................
L o w ..........................
Average ..................

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

5.220%
5.259%
5.242% 1

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

94.655 a
94.617
94.633

5.257%
5.295%
5.279% 1

a Excepting one tender of $1,250,000.
1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.50 percent for the 274-day bills, and
5.59 percent for the 366-day bills.

(37 percent of the amount of 274-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(27 percent of the amount of 366-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)

274-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing June 30, 1972
District

Applied for

Boston ....................... ....
New York ................. ....
Philadelphia...............
Cleveland ...................
Richmond .................
Atlanta .......................
Chicago .....................
St. Louis ................... .
Minneapolis ...............
Kansas C ity ............... .
Dallas ..........................
San Francisco ........... .
T

otal

366-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing September 30, 1972

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

$

Accepted

Applied for

10,440,000
1,028,665,000
380,000
475,000
8,030,000
13,795,000
119,950,000
15,105,000
14,350,000
13,355,000
17,610,000
127,545,000

440,000
$
346,775,000
380,000
475,000
1,030,000
4,045,000
68,650,000
1,805,000
8,720,000
2,355,000
1,610,000
63,725,000

$ 35,465,000
1,692,080,000
16,570,000
6,905,000
20,745,000
15,685,000
205,835,000
20,845,000
4,625,000
14,155,000
20,325,000
166,240,000

$

$ 500,010,0001

$2,,219,475,000

$1,200,220,000'

$1,369,700,000

Accepted

465,000
952,130,000
1,430,000
1,905,000
3,745,000
6,095,000
145,535,000
2,845,000
1,625,000
2,980,000
1,625,000
79,840,000

b Includes $19,810,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 96.010.
c Includes $33,785,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 94.633.




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H

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President.