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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States

Circular No. 8490
January 5, 1979

Results o f Treasury's 364-Day Bill Auction
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

The following auction results were announced by the Treasury Department:
Tenders for $3,200 million of 52-week Treasury bills to be dated January 9,1980, and to mature January 8,
1980, were accepted at the Federal Reserve Banks and Treasury today [January 5].
The details are as follows:

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
P rice

Investm ent
R a te1

90.313
90.261
90.288

High ............................... .....................
L o w ................................. .....................
A v e r a g e ......................... .....................

D iscou n t
R ate

9.581%
9.632%
9.605%

10.48%
10.54%
10.51%

Equivalent coupon-issue yield.
Excepting two tenders totaling $915,000.

Tenders at the low price were allotted 69 percent.

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
F .R . D is tr ic t (a nd U.S. T rea su ry )

B o s to n ...............................................
New Y o r k .........................................
Philadelphia ...................................
C lev ela n d .........................................
R ich m on d .........................................
A t la n t a .............................................
C h ic a g o .............................................
St. L o u is ...........................................
M in n eapolis.....................................
Kansas C it y .....................................
Dallas ...............................................
San F r a n cis co .................................

R eceived

$

A ccep ted

23,290,000
4,631,925,000
2,815,000
40,990,000
18,195,000
22,115,000
338,130,000
35,615,000
17,240,000
36,405,000
10,060,000
166,630,000

$
23,290,000
2,801,625,000
2,815,000
30,990,000
18,195,000
18,805,000
158,130,000
21,615,000
17,240,000
31,405,000
10,060,000
60,630,000

U.S. T re a s u ry .................................

5,420,000

5,420,000

T otal.......................................

$5,348,830,000

$3,200,220,000

The $3,200 million of accepted tenders includes $178 million of noncompetitive tenders from the public and
$1,290 million of tenders from Federal Reserve Banks for themselves and as agents of foreign and international
monetary authorities accepted at the average price.
An additional $498 million of the bills will be issued to Federal Reserve Banks as agents of foreign and
international monetary authorities for new cash.




P aul A. V olcker,

President