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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
O F N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 8038
January 21, 1977J

RESULTS OF AUCTION OF 2-Y E A R TREASURY NOTES
(N o te s o f S e r ie s L -1 9 7 9 )

To A ll Banking In stitu tion s, and O thers Concerned,
in the Second F ederal R eserve D istrict:

The
T rea su ry

fo llo w in g

s ta te m e n t w as

is s u e d

January

19 b y

th e

D ep a r tm e n t:

The Treasury has accepted $2,50U million of $5,523 million
of tenders received from the public for the 2-year notes,
Series L-1979, auctioned today. The range of accepted competi­
tive bids was as follows:
Lowest yield..... 5*9^$
Highest yield.... 5-99#
Average yield....5*97$
The interest rate on the notes will be 5-7/8$. At the 5-7/8$
rate, the above yields result in the following prices:
Low-yield price..... 99*880
High-yield price.... 99*787
Average-yield price..99•82U
The $2,50U million of accepted tenders includes $371 million of
noncompetitive tenders and $2,133 million of competitive tenders
(including 80$ of the amount of notes bid for at the high yield)
from private investors.
In addition, $335 million of tenders were accepted at the average
price from Federal Reserve Banks as agents for foreign and international
monetary authorities for new cash.




P aul A. V olcker ,

President.