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FED ER A L RESER VE BANK OF NEW YORK

Fiscal Agent of the United States

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Circular No. 8 1 9 6 ”1
October 12, 1977 J

OFFERING OF T W O SERIES OF T R E A SU R Y BILLS
$2,300,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated July 21, 1977, Due January 19, 1978
(To Be Issued October 20, 1977)
$3,400,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated October 20, 1977, Due April 20, 1978
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Following is the text o f a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released yesterday:
The Department of the Treasury, by this public notice, invites
tenders for two series of Treasury bills totaling approximately
$5,700 million, to be issued October 20, 1977. This offering will
not provide new cash for the Treasury as the maturing bills are
outstanding in the amount of $5,707 million. The two series offered
are as follows:
91-day bills (to maturity date) for approximately $2,300
million, representing an additional amount of bills dated
July 21, 1977, and to mature January 19, 1978 (C U SIP
No. 912793 N36), originally issued in the amount of
$3,408 million, the additional and original bills to be
freely interchangeable.
182-day bills for approximately $3,400 million to be dated
October 20, 1977, and to mature April 20, 1978 (C U SIP
No. 912793 P83).
Both series of bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing October 20, 1977. Federal Reserve .banks,
for themselves and as agents of foreign and international monetary
authorities, presently hold $2,875 million of the maturing bills.
These accounts may exchange bills they hold for the bills now
being offered at the weighted average prices of accepted competi­
tive tenders.
The bills will be issued on a discount basis under competitive and
noncompetitive bidding, and at maturity their par amount will be
payable without interest. Except for definitive bills in the $100,000
denomination, which will be available only to investors who
are able to show that they are required by law or regulation to
hold securities in physical form, both series of bills will be issued
entirely in book-entry form in a minimum amount of $10,000 and
in any higher $5,000 multiple, on the records either of the Federal
Reserve Banks and Branches, or of the Department of the Treasury.
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches
and at the Bureau of the Public Debt, Washington, D. C. 20226,
up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday, October
17, 1977. Form PD 4632-2 (for 26-week series) or Form PD 4632-3
(for 13-week series) should be used to submit tenders for bills to
be maintained on the book-entry records of the Department of the
T reasury.
Each tender must be for a minimum of $10,000. Tenders over
$10,000 must be in multiples of $5,000. In the case of competitive
tenders the price offered must be expressed on the basis of 100,
with not more than three decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions may not
be used.
Banking institutions and dealers who make primary markets in
Government securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York their positions in and borrowings on such
securities may submit tenders for account of customers, if the
names of the customers and the amount for each customer are
furnished. Others are only permitted to submit tenders for their
own account.

Payment for the full par amount of the bills applied for must
accompany all tenders submitted for bills to be maintained on the
book-entry records of the Department of the Treasury. A cash
adjustment will be made on all accepted tenders for the difference
between the par payment submitted and the actual issue price as
determined in the auction.
No deposit need accompany tenders from incorporated banks
and trust companies and from responsible and recognized dealers
in investment securities for bills to be maintained on the book-entry
records of Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, or for bills issued
in bearer form, where authorized. A deposit of 2 percent of the par
amount of the bills applied for must accompany tenders for such
bills from others, unless an express guaranty of payment by an
incorporated bank or trust company accompanies the tenders.
Public announcement will be made by the Department of the
Treasury of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Competi­
tive bidders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection of their
tenders. The Secretary of the Treasury expressly reserves the right
to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part, and the
Secretary’s action shall be final. Subject to these reservations,
noncompetitive tenders for each issue for $500,000 or less without
stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in full at the
weighted average price (in three decimals) of accepted competitive
bids for the respective issues.
Settlement for accepted tenders for bills to be maintained on the
book-entry records of Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, and
bills issued in bearer form must be made or completed at the Fed­
eral Reserve Bank or Branch or at the Bureau of the Public Debt
on October 20, 1977, in cash or other immediately available funds
or in Treasury bills maturing October 20, 1977. Cash adjustments
will be made for differences between the par value of the maturing
bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of the new bills.
Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 the amount of discount at which these bills are sold
is considered to accrue when the bills are sold, redeemed or other­
wise disposed of, and the bills are excluded from consideration as
capital assets. Accordingly, the owner of these bills (other than
life insurance companies) must include in his or her Federal in­
come tax return, as ordinary gain or loss, the difference between
the price paid for the bills, whether on original issue or on sub­
sequent purchase, and the amount actually received either upon sale
or redemption at maturity during the taxable year for which the
return is made.
Department of the Treasury Circulars, No. 418 (current revi­
sion), Public Debt Series—Nos. 26-76 and 27-76, and this notice,
prescribe the terms of these Treasury bills and govern the condi­
tions of their issue. Copies of the circulars and tender forms may
be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch, or from
the Bureau of the Public Debt.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday, October 17,
1977, at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for the respective series
are enclosed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them in the enclosed envelope marked
“ Tender for Treasury Bills.” Forms for submitting tenders directly to the Treasury are available from the Government
Bond Division of this Bank. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confir­
mation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for Treasury hills cannot he made by credit through
the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in
maturing Treasury bills.
Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills (91-day bills to be issued October 13, 1977, representing an
additional amount of bills dated July 14, 1977, maturing January 12, 1978; and 182-day bills dated October 13, 1977,
maturing April 13, 1978) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




P a u l A. V

olcker,

President.
( over)

RESULTS OF LA ST W E E K L Y OFFERING OF T R E A SU R Y BILLS
( T W O SERIES TO BE ISSUED OCTOBER 13, 1977)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
9 1 - D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g J a n u a ry 1 2 , 1 9 7 8

P rice

High ........................... .................
Low .............................. .................
A verage....................... .................

98.455
98.438
98.444

1 8 2 - D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g A p r il 1 3 , 1 9 7 8

Investm ent
R ate 1

D iscount
R ate

6. 112%
6.179%
6.156%

P rice

6.29%
6.36%
6.34%

96.781a
96.771
96.774

1 Equivalent coupon-issue yield.

D iscount
R ate

Investm ent
R a te 1

6.367%
6.387%
6.381%

6.67%
6.69%
6.69%

a Excepting one tender of $500,000.

(24 percent of the amount of 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(10 percent of the amount of 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Received and Accepted

9 1 - D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g J a n u a ry 1 2 , 1 9 7 8

Boston ......................................
New York ................................
Philadelphia ..............................
Cleveland ..................................
Richm ond..................................
Atlanta ......................................
Chicago......................................
St. Louis ..................................
Minneapolis ..............................
Kansas C ity ..............................
Dallas ........................................
San Francisco ..........................
U.S. Treasury .........................
T otals ................................

Accepted

Received

F.R. District (and U S . Treasury)

$

23,680,000
3,271,155,000
30,955,000
39,700,000
29,090,000
33,220,000
226,095,000
42,010,000
14,835,000
46,495,000
16,155,000
189,200,000

$

18,215,000
1,861,655,000
30,955,000
29,250,000
28,090,000
29,420,000
118,795,000
22,010,000
6,135,000
46,000,000
15,155,000
94,200,000
480,000

480,000
$3,963,070,000

$2,300,360,000 b

b Includes $340,960,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.
c Includes $158,680,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.




1 8 2 - D a y T r e a s u r y B ills
M a tu r in g A p r il 1 3 , 1 9 7 8

A ccepted

Received

$

10,840,000
6,051,490,000
7,965,000
112,035,000
24,895,000
26,425,000
532,185,000
33,425,000
16,060,000
18,500,000
13,900,000
460,540,000

$

5,840,000
3,114,445,000
6,045,000
46,235,000
16,595,000
10,880,000
76,685,000
10,425,000
6,260,000
17,500,000
11,900,000
77,940,000

400,000

400,000

$7,308,660,000

$3,401,150,000'