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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
fCircular No. 6 8 6 8 1
L December 23, 1971 J

Results of Treasury’s Offering of $2.5 Billion Tax Anticipation Bills
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

The follow ing statement was issued by the Treasury Department and released at 6:30, p.m.
Wednesday, December 22:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for two series of Treasury tax anticipation bills,
one series to be an additional issue of the bills dated December 1, 1971, and the other series to be an additional
issue of the bills dated December 13, 1971, which were offered on December 16, 1971, were opened at the
Federal Reserve Banks today. Tenders were invited for $1,500,000,000, or thereabouts, of 114-day bills and
for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, of 175-day bills. The details of the two series are as follows:
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
114-Day Treasury Bills

175-Day Treasury Bills

Maturing April 21, 1972

Maturing June 21, 1972

Price

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

98.8043
98.771
98.782

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

3.777%
3.881%
3.846% 1

3.981%
4.079%
4.053% 1

98.065 b
98.017
98.030

a E xcepting tw o tenders totaling $300,000.

b E xcepting four tenders totaling $4,600,000.

1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 3.96 percent for the 114-day bills, and
4.20 percent for the 175-day bills.

(33 percent of the amount of 114-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(34 percent of the amount of 175-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

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

District

114-Day Treasury Bills

175-Day Treasury Bills

Maturing April 21, 1972

Maturing June 21, 1972

Applied for

Accepted

Boston ..................... ......
New Y o r k ............... ......
Philadelphia.............
Cleveland .................
Richmond ...............
Atlanta .....................
Chicago ...................
St. Louis .................
Minneapolis ............
Kansas C ity ............
Dallas ......................
San Francisco ........

$ 265,700,000
1,237,400,000
134,750,000
208,050,000
22,670,000
131,805,000
372,450,000
85,615,000
390,575,000
171,590,000
251,450,000
291,700,000

$ 100,355,000
247,400,000
67,820,000
104,750,000
9,420,000
84,135,000
218,950,000
47,470,000
126,590,000
116,790,000
201,650,000
175,200,000

$

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

$3,563,755,000

$1,500,530,000c

$2,720,870,000

T

otal

Accepted

Applied for

$

80,000,000
1,105,000,000
123,450,000
114,800,000
15,625,000
61,215,000
350,085,000
112,490,000
409,185,000
120,070,000
67,250,000
161,700,000

6,000,000
216,570,000
32,660,000
46,500,000
6,625,000
56,265,000
115,595,000
62,690,000
272,285,000
77,980,000
40,290,000
66,560,000

$ 1,000,020,000d

c Includes $289,805,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.782.
d Includes $236,320,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.030.




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President.