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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 85051
_January 26, 1979_|

Offering o f $3,250,000,000 o f 364-Day Treasury Bills

Dated February 6,1979

Due February 5,1980

To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Following is the text o f a notice issued yesterday by the Treasury Department:
The Department o f the Treasury, by this public notice, invites tenders
for approximately $3,250 million of 364-day Treasury bills to be dated
February 6, 1979, and to mature February 5, 1980 (CUSIP No. 912793
3D6). This issue will not provide new cash for the Treasury as the matur­
ing issue is outstanding in the amount of $3,253 million. Additional
amounts o f the bills may be issued to Federal Reserve Banks as agents of
foreign and international monetary authorities.
The bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for Treasury bills
maturing February 6, 1979. The public holds $1,889 million of the matur­
ing issue and $1,364 million is held by Federal Reserve Banks for
themselves and as agents of foreign and international monetary
authorities. Tenders from Federal Reserve Banks for themselves and as
agents o f foreign and international monetary authorities will be accepted
at the weighted average price of accepted competitive tenders.
The bills will be issued on a discount basis under competitive and non­
competitive bidding, and at maturity their par amount will be payable
without interest. This series o f bills will be issued entirely in book-entry
form in a minimum amount o f $10,000 and in any higher $5,000 multiple,
on the records either o f 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, Wednesday, January 31, 1979. Form PD 4632-1
should be used to submit tenders for bills to be maintained on the bookentry records o f the Department of the Treasury.
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 sub­
mit 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 o f the bills applied for must accom­
pany all tenders submitted for bills to be maintained on the book-entry
records o f the Department o f 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 invest­
ment securities for bills to be maintained on the book-entry records of
Federal Reserve Banks and Branches. A deposit o f 2 percent o f the par
amount o f the bills applied for must accompany tenders for such bills
from others, unless an express guaranty o f payment by an incorporated
bank or trust company accompanies the tenders.
Public accouncement will be made by the Department of the Treasury
of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Competitive bidders will
be advised o f the acceptance or rejection of their tenders. The Secretary
o f 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. Sub­
ject to these reservations, noncompetitive tenders 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.
Settlement for accepted tenders for bills to be maintained on the bookentry records o f Federal Reserve Banks and Branches must be made or
completed at the Federal Reserve Bank or Branch on February 6, 1979, in
cash or other immediately available funds or in Treasury bills maturing
February 6, 1979. Cash adjustments will be made for differences between
the par value of 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 otherwise disposed of, and the
bills are excluded from consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, the
owner o f these bills (other than life insurance companies) must include in
his or her Federal income tax return, as ordinary gain or loss, the dif­
ference between the price paid for the bills, whether on original issue or
on subsequent 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, Public Debt Series— Nos.
26-76 and 27-76, and this notice, prescribe the terms of these Treasury
bills and govern the conditions o f their issue. Copies o f the circulars and
tender forms may be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch,
or from the Bureau of the Public Debt.

Tenders will be received up to 1:30 p .m ., Eastern Standard time, Wednesday, January 31, 1979, at the Securities
Department o f this Bank’ s Head O ffice, at our B uffalo Branch , or at the Bureau o f the Public Debt. The enclosed form
should be used for submitting tenders through a financial institution. Forms for submitting tenders directly to the
Treasury are available from the Government Bond Division o f this Bank. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submit­
ted by telegraph, subject to written confirm ation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment fo r the 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.




P A U L A . VO LC K E R ,

President.