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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
O F N EW YORK
Fiscal A gent of the U nited States
r C irc u la r No. 7 0 3 9 1
^ N ovember 20, 1972 -*

Results of Treasury’s Offer of $2 B illion of April Tax Bills
To A ll Incorporated B anks and T rust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

T he follow ing statem en t was issued by the T re a su ry D ep artm en t and released
a t 6 :3 0 p.m., N ovem ber 17:
The Treasury Department announced that the tenders for $2,000,000,000, or thereabouts,
of 147-day Treasury tax anticipation bills to be dated November 24, 1972, and to mature April
20, 1973, which were offered on November 10, 1972, were opened at the Federal Reserve
Banks today.
The details of this issue are as follows:
Total applied for ..

$6,354,800,000

Total accepted .....

$2,000,570,000

(Includes $339,050,000 entered on a non­
competitive basis and accepted in full
at the average price shown below.)

Range of accepted competitive bids (excepting two tenders totaling $200,000) :
High ...................

98.085

Equivalent rate of discount approx.
4.690% per annum

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

98.062

Equivalent rate of discount approx.
4.746% per annum

Average .............

98.072

Equivalent rate of discount approx.
4.722% per annum 1

1 T h is is on a bank d iscou n t basis. T h e eq u ivalen t coupon issu e yield is 4.88 percent.

(17 percent of the amount bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Federal Reserve D istrict

Boston ................................................ .......
New York ........................................
Philadelphia ......................................
Cleveland ..........................................
Richmond .......................................... .......
Atlanta ..............................................
Chicago ...............................................
St. L o u is .............................................
Minneapolis ......................................
Kansas City ......................................
Dallas .................................................
San Francisco ..................................




Total ..................................

Total applied for

Total accepted

$ 340,575,000
3,036,295,000
246,560,000
140,340,000
25,560,000
109,010,000
757,625,000
129,150,000
421,760,000
194,015,000
110,200,000
843,710,000

$ 164,815,000
474,135,000
39,340,000
17,440,000
14,900,000
51,895,000
215,080,000
56,450,000
198,110,000
170,835,000
9,200,000
588,370,000

$6,354,800,000

$2,000,570,000
A

lfred

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a y es,

President.