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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 7711
September 17, 1975

RESULTS OF AUCTION OF 2-YEAR TREASURY NOTES
(Notes of Series M-1977)

T o A ll B ankin g I n s titu tio n s , an d O th e rs C oncerned,
in th e S e c o n d F e d era l R e s e r v e D is tr ic t:

The following statement was issued September 16 by
the Treasury Department:




The Treasury has accepted $3.0 billion of the $6.7 billion
of tenders received from the public for the 2-year notes ,
Series M-1977, auctioned today. The range of accepted competitive
bids was as follows:
Lowest y i e l d ....... 8.1+0$1
Highest y i e l d ...... 8.1+6$
Average y i e l d ...... 8.1+1+$
E x c e p tin g f iv e te n d e r s to ta lin g $255,000.

The interest rate on the notes will be 8-3/8$. At the 8-3/8$
rate, the above yields result in the following prices:
Low-yield p r i c e .... 99*955
High-yield price.... 99*81+7
Average-yield price. 99.883
The $3.0 billion of accepted tenders includes 3*+$ of the
amount of notes bid for at the highest yield, and $1.1+ billion
of noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average yield.
In addition, $0.2 billion of tenders were accepted at the
average-yield price from Government accounts and from Federal
Reserve Banks for themselves and as agents of foreign and interĀ­
national monetary authorities.

P

aul

A. V

olcker,

President.