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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States

r C ircular

No. 7 4 2
July 24, 1974

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Results of Federal Financing Bank Bill Auction
T o A ll Banking Institutions, and O thers
Concerned, in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

The following statement was issued by the Federal Financing- Bank and released
at 6 :3 0 p.m., yesterday:
T enders fo r $1.5 billion o f 244-day Federal Financing Bank bills to be dated July 30, 1974,
and to mature M arch 31, 1975, were opened at the Federal R eserve Banks today. T h e details
are as fo llo w s :
T otal applied for ..

$4,320,060,000

T otal accepted ......

$1,500,010,000

(In clud es $137,200,000 entered on a nonĀ­
com petitive basis and accepted in full at
the average price shown below .)

Range o f accepted com petitive b id s :
H igh .............................

94.676a

Equivalent rate o f discount approx.
7 .855% per annum.

L ow

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

94.480

Equivalent rate o f discount approx.
8.1 4 4 % per annum.

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

94.545

Equivalent rate o f discount approx.
8 .0 4 8 % per annum.1

a Excepting one tender of $10,000.
1 This is on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yield is 8.54 percent.

(3 9 percent of the amount bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Federal R eserve D istrict

Boston

............................................................... $

Total applied fo r

Total accepted

113,375,000

$

52,975,000

N ew Y o rk ...........................................................
Philadelphia ......................................................

2,739,020,000
87,690,000

1,165,720,000
48,990,000

Cleveland ...........................................................
R ichm ond ...........................................................

114,885,000
76,210,000

8,475,000
8,200,000

Atlanta

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

19,430,000

3,680,000

Chicago ...............................................................

660,600,000

62,340,000

St. L o u i s .............................................................

21,605,000

5,405,000

Minneapolis ......................................................
Kansas City ......................................................

74,905,000
59,990,000

29,705,000
24,870,000

Dallas ..................................................................
San Francisco .................................................

32,045,000
320,305,000

12,045,000
77,605,000

...................................................$4,320 ,0 6 0 ,0 0 0

$1,500,010,000




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