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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK O F N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States

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Circular No. 8 2 7 6 1
February 14, 1978 J

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$2,400,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated November 25,1977, Due May 25, 1978
(To Be Issued February 23, 1978)
$3,500,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated February 23, 1978, Due August 24, 1978
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Printed below is the text of a notice issued by the T reasury Department on Friday, February 10, regarding the
Treasury’s weekly offering of 91-day and 182-day bills to be issued February 23, 1978. Tender forms for the two
series were mailed to you with this Bank’s Circular No. 8275, dated February 10, 1978, which contained the high­
lights of the offering.
The Department of the Treasury, by this public notice, invites
tenders for two series of Treasury bills totaling approximately
$5,900 million, to be issued February 23, 1978. This offering will
provide $200 million of new cash for the Treasury as the maturing
bills are outstanding in the amount of $5,706 million. The two series
offered are as follows :
91-day bills (to maturity date) for approximately $2,400
million, representing an additional amount of bills dated
November 25, 1977, and to mature May 25, 1978 (C U SIP
No. 912793 U58), originally issued in the amount of
$3,503 million, the additional and original bills to be
freely interchangeable.
182-day bills for approximately $3,500 million to be dated
February 23, 1978, and to mature August 24, 1978
(C U S IP No. 912793 S80).
Both series of bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing February 23, 1978. Federal Reserve Banks,
for themselves and as agems ot toreign and international monetary
authorities, presently hold $3,048 million of the maturing bills.
These accounts may exchange bills they hold for the bills now
being offered at the weighted average prices oi accepted competiive 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 Standard time, Friday, February 17,
1978. Form PD 4632-2 (for 26-week series) or fform 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 guch
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
Dook-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 irom responsible and recognized dealers
m investment securities for bills to be maintained on the book-entry
records ot 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 February 23, 1978, in cash or other immediately available funds
or in Treasury bills maturing February 23, 1978. Cash adjustments
will be maue :or cntterences Detween tne par value ot 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) and Public Debt Series—Nos. 26-76 and 27-76, and this
notice prescribe the terms of these Treasury bills and govern the
conditions 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 Standard time, Friday, February 17, 1978,
at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be
submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for
Treasury bills cannot be 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 offering of 91-day and 182-day Treasury bills to be issued February 9, 1978 (Circular No. 8266,
ated February 1, 1978) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.
Results of the offering of 91-day and 182-day bills to be issued February 16, 1978 (Circular No. 8269, dated
February 6, 1978) are being printed in a separate circular.




P aul A. V olcker,

President.
Closing date for receipt of tenders is F rid a y , F e b ru a ry 1 7 .
( ovek)

RESULTS OF WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
(TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED FEBRUARY 9, 1978)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing May 11, 1978

H ig h ...............................................
L ow ................................................
Average..........................................

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 10, 1978

Price

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate 1

98.372
98.363
98.363

6.440%
6.476%
6.476%

6.64%
6.68%

Price

96.597a
96.588
96.591

6 .6 8 %

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate 1

6.731%
6.749%
6.743%

7.07%
7.08%
7.08%

1 Equivalent coupon-issue yield.
a Excepting two tenders totaling $845,000.

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

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

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 10, 1978

91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing May 11, 1978
F.R. District (and U.S. Treasury)

Boston.......................................
New Y o rk .................................
Philadelphia.............................
Cleveland....................... ..........
Richmond.................................
A tlanta......................................
Chicago.....................................
St. L ouis...................................
Minneapolis..............................
Kansas C ity ..............................
Dallas........................................
San Francisco..........................
U.S. T reasury.........................
T

o ta ls

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

$

28,210,000
3,967,180,000
26,815,000
59,360,000
34,960,000
40,170,000
309,795,000
50,190.000
22,645,000
36,350,000
20,315,000
228,550,000

$

23,160,000
1,943,515,000
26,815,000
36,850,000
24,825,000
33,670,000
92,615,000
22,190,000
5,645,000
26,920,000
15,725,000
47,900,000
7,730,000

7,730,000
$4,832,270,000

$2,307,560,000b

b Includes $397,260,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.
c Includes $182,970,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.




Accepted

Received

Accepted

Received

$

85,960,000
5,409,955,000
20,690,000
112,530,000
71,000,000
26,105,000
376,205,000
47,425,000
32,980,000
26,565,000
21,550,000
367,880,000

$

20,960,000
3,195,640,000
9,985,000
12,530,000
17,500,000
19,255,000
73,205,000
19,655,000
9,980,000
24,065,000
14,230,000
81,280,000

4,430,000

4,430,000

$6,603,275,000

$3,502,715,000°