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

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Circular No. 8 5 2 6 1
February 28, 1979 j

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$2,900,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated December 7, 1978, Due June 7, 1979
(To Be Issued March 8, 1979)
$3,000,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated March 8, 1979, Due September 6, 1979
T o A l l I n c o r p o r a t e d B a n k s a n d T r u s t C o m p a n i e s , a nd O t h e r s
C o n c e r n e d , in th e S e c o n d F e d e r a l R e s e r v e D i s t r i c t :

Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department:
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 March 8, 1979. This offering will
result in a pay-down for the Treasury of about $200 million as the
maturing bills are outstanding in the amount of $6,113 million. The
two series offered are as follow s:
91-day bills (to maturity date) for approximately $2,900
million, representing an additional amount of bills dated
December 7, 1978, and to mature June 7, 1979 (C U S IP
No. 912793 Y 83), originally issued in the amount of
$2,904 million, the additional and original bills to be
freely interchangeable.
182-day bills for approximately $3,000 million to be dated
March 8, 1979, and to mature September 6, 1979
(C U S IP No. 912793 2K 1).
Both series of bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing March 8, 1979. Federal Reserve Banks,
for themselves and as agents of foreign and international monetary
authorities, presently hold $3,853 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. 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, March 5, 1979.
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
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 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.
N o 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. 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 must
be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank or Branch or
at the Bureau of the Public Debt on March 8, 1979, in cash or
other immediately available funds or in Treasury bills maturing
March 8, 1979. 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, 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, Monday, March 5, 1979,
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 “ Ten­
der for Treasury Bills.” Forms for submitting tenders directly to the Treasury are available from the Treasury and
Agency Issues Division of this Bank. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph, subject to writ­
ten confirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. P a y m e n t fo r T rea su ry bills cannot be m ade b y credit
through the T rea su ry T a x and L oa n A c co u n t. S ettlem en t m ust be made in cash or oth er im m ed ia tely available fu n d s
or in m aturing T rea su ry bills.

Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills (9 1 -day bills to be issued March 1, 1979, representing an
additional amount of bills dated November 30, 1978, maturing May 31, 1979; and 182-day bills dated March 1, 1979,
maturing August 30, 1979) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




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President.
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RESULTS OF LAST W EEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
(TW O SERIES TO BE ISSUED MARCH 1, 1979)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
9 1 -D a y T rea su ry B ills
M a tu rin g M a y 3 1 , 1 9 7 9

D isc o u n t

H ig h ............................... ..................
Low ............................... ..................
Average ......................... ..................

P ric e

R a te

97.630
97.604
97.611

9.376%
9.479%
9.451%

18 2 -D a y T rea su ry B ills
M a tu rin g A u g u s t 30 , 1 9 7 9

In v estm e n t
R a te

1

P rice

9.76%
9.87%
9.84%

95.1993
95.195
95.198

D isc o u n t

In v estm e n t

R a te

Rate 1
10.14%
10.15%
10.14%

9.496%
9.504%
9.498%

1 Equivalent coupon-issue yield.
a Excepting two tenders totaling $20,000.

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

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

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
9 1 -D a y T rea su ry B ills
M a tu rin g M a y 3 1 , 1 9 7 9

F . R . D istr ic t ( and U .S . T r e a s u r y )

$
20,460,000
2,600,055,000
18,990,000
28,095,000
17,585,000
31,260,000
96,670,000
27,455,000
4,750,000
26,765,000
9,645,000
108,470,000

U.S. T reasu ry............................

10,035,000

10,035,000

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

$4,950,385,000

T

otals

$3,000,235,000b

b Includes $370,275,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.
C Includes $198,870,000 noncompetitive tenders from the public.




R e c e iv e d

A cc ep ted

R e c e iv e d

$
20,460,000
4,411,505,000
18,990,000
28,095,000
17,585,000
31,260,000
166,370,000
41,455,000
4,750,000
26,765,000
9,645,000
163,470,000

Boston ........................................
New Y ork ..................................
Philadelphia .............................
Cleveland ....................................
Richmond ..................................
Atlanta ......................................
Chicago ......................................
St. Louis ....................................
Minneapolis ................................
Kansas City ................................
Dallas ..........................................
San Francisco .....................

18 2 -D a y T rea su ry B ills
M a tu rin g A u g u s t 30 , 1 9 7 9

$

16,730,000
5,241,715,000
57,060,000
65,860,000
10,965,000
21,975,000
348,815,000
46,080,000
2,705,000
16,760,000
11,875,000
351,260,000

A cc ep ted

$

11,730,000
2,727,455,000
7,060,000
12,760,000
10,965,000
21,975,000
102,420,000
15,080,000
2,705,000
14,755,000
7,875,000
55,260,000

11,570,000

11,570,000

$6,203,370,000

$3,001,610,000