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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
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[ Circular No. 19781 9 "J
April 12,

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$2,300,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated January 19, 1978, Due July 20, 1978
(To Be Issued April 20, 1978)
$3,400,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated April 20, 1978, Due October 19, 1978
To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Following i the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released yesterday:
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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 April 20, 1978.
This offering will result in a pay-down for the Treasury of
about $6,015 million as the maturing bills are outstanding in the
amount of $11,715 million ($3,004 million of which represents 139day bills issued December 2, 1977, and $3,004 million of which
represents 43-day bills issued March 8, 1978). 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
January 19, 1978, and to mature July 20, 1978 (CUSIP
No. 912793 S31), originally issued in the amount of
$3,409 million, the additional and original bills to be
freely interchangeable.
182-day bills for approximately $3,400 million to be dated
April 20, 1978, and to mature October 19, 1978 (CUSIP
No. 912793 T89).
Both series of bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing April 20, 1978. Federal Reserve Banks,
for themselves and as agents of foreign and international monetary
authorities, presently hold $3,332 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, w'hich 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, Monday, April 17, 1978.
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 April 20, 1978, in cash or other immediately available funds
or in Treasury bills maturing April 20, 1978. 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) 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 w l receive tenders for both s r e up t 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, April 1 , 1978,
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enclosed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them i the enclosed envelope marked “Tender
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Division of the Bank. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph, subject t written confirmation;
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no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treas­
ury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing
Treasury bills.

Results of the l s weekly offering o Treasury b l s (91-day b l s t be issued April 1 , 1978, representing an
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additional amount of b l s dated January 1 , 1978, maturing July 1 , 1978; and 182-day b l s dated April 13, 1978,
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maturing October 1 , 1978) are shown on the reverse side of t i c r u a .
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P aul A. V olcker,

President.
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RESULTS OF LAST WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
(TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED APRIL 1 , 1 7 )
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Range o Accepted C m e i i e B d
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9 1 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing Juty i j , 19/8

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing October 12 ,1978

Price

Investment
R a te 1

Price

Discount
Rate

Investment
R a te 1

98.392a
98.388
98.389

High ..
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Low ..
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Average

Discount
Rate

6.361%
6.377%
6.373%

6.56%
6.57%
6.57%

96.599b
96.589
96.591

6.727%
6.747%
6.743%

7.06%
7.08%
7.08%

1 Equivalent coupon-issue yield.
3 Excepting one tender of $600,000.
b Excepting one tender of $10,000.

(79 percent of the amount of 91-day b l s
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bid for a the low price was accepted.)
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(88 percent of the amount of 182-day b l s
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bid for a the low price was accepted.)
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T t l Tenders R c i e and Accepted
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9 1 -Day

Treasury Bills
Maturing July 13 , 1978

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

Received

Accepted

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing October 12 , 1978

Received

Accepted

$ 26,595,000
4,053,435,000
22,695,000
36,320,000
56,500,000
31,385,000
403,035,000
51,865,000
25,725,000
44,040,000
30,250,000
360,015,000

$ 20,760,000
1,910,385,000
18,160,000
31,665,000
18,900,000
31,385,000
55,725,000
21,700,000
7,725,000
40,575,000
24,095,000
111,415,000

$ 27,035,000
5,000,590,000
23,640,000
65,410,000
40,070,000
20,335,000
275,730,000
46,785,000
38,240,000
30,950,000
15,840,000
368,170,000

$ 21,435,000
2,891,170,000
17,440,000
40,310,000
22,210,000
20,335,000
95,190,000
18,785,000
21,760,000
30,950,000
13,720,000
198,370,000

U.S. Treasury ..........

11,155,000

11,155,000

8,860,000

8,860,000

T otals ...............................

$5,153,015,000

$2,303,645,000°

$5,961,655,000

Boston................
New York..............
Philadelphia ............
Cleveland ..............
Richmond ..............
Atlanta ...............
Chicago...............
S . Louis...............
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Minneapolis ............
Kansas City ............
Dallas ................
San Francisco ..........

c Includes $442,235,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.
4 Includes $223,215,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.




$3,400,535,000d