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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
f*Circular No. 6 8 4 61
U November 26, 1971 J

RESULTS OF TREASURY’ S OFFER OF $2.5 BILLION OF APRIL TAX 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., November 24:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for $2,500,000,000, or thereabouts,
of 142-day Treasury tax anticipation bills to be dated December 1, 1971, and to mature April
21, 1972, which were offered on November 18, 1971, were opened at the Federal Reserve
Banks today.
The details of this issue are as follows:
Total applied for .....

$4,772,580,000

Total accepted .........

$2,501,140,000

(Includes $239,930,000 entered on a non­
competitive basis and accepted in full
at the average price shown below)

Range of accepted competitive bids (excepting four tenders totaling $2,900,000) :
High .......................

98.254

Equivalent rate of discount approx.
4.426% per annum

L o w .........................

98.185

Equivalent rate of discount approx.
4.601% per annum

A verage...................

98.202

Equivalent rate of discount approx.
4.558% per annum1

1This is on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yield is 4.72 percent.

(61 percent of the amount bidfor at the low price was accepted.)
Federal Reserve District

Total applied for

Boston......................................................
New York ..............................................
Philadelphia ............................................
Cleveland ................................................
R ichm ond................................................
Atlanta ....................................................
C hicago....................................................
St. L ou is..................................................
Minneapolis ............................................
Kansas City ............................................
Dallas ......................................................
San Francisco ........................................

$ 172,625,000
2,773,060,000
132,275,000
104,585,000
14,415,000
59,605,000
385,700,000
78,190,000
474,410,000
107,865,000
79,850,000
390,000,000

$

T otal ........................................

$4,772,580,000

$2,501,140,000




Total accepted

A

49,535,000
1,210,060,000
42,325,000
61,935,000
14,415,000
40,805,000
320,750,000
52,190,000
471,410,000
107,865,000
4,850,000
125,000,000

lfred

H

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President.