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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 8530
March 2, 1979

Results of Treasury’s 364-Day Bill Auction
To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

The following auction results were announced by the Treasury Department:
Tenders for $3,320 million o f 52-week Treasury bills to be dated March 6, 1979, and to mature
March 4, 1980, were accepted at the Federal Reserve Banks and Treasury today [M a rch 1 ].
The details are as follows:

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids

Price

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate'

H i g h ..................................... ..................

90.415a

9 .4 8 0 %

L o w ....................................... ..................

90.401

9 .4 9 4 %

10.39%
10.41%

Average................................ ..................

90.410

9 .4 8 5 %

10.40%

‘Equivalent coupon-issue yield.
aExcepting one tender of $500,000.

Tenders at the low price were allotted 25 percent.

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
Accepted

Received

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

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

$ 56,680,000
5,814,170,000
17,565,000
76,210,000
188,515,000
31,450,000
358,865,000
52,385,000
8,430,000
25,695,000
4,955,000
403,065,000
5,140,000

$ 25,680,000
3,075,670,000
2,565,000
14,710,000
63,515,000
24,325,000
23,615,000
22,635,000
3,430,000
16,570,000
4,955,000
37,540,000
5,140,000

T o ta l.......................................

$7,043,125,000

$3,320,350,000

Boston.......................................................
New Y o r k ................................................
Philadelphia............................................
Cleveland................................................
Richmond................................................
A tla n ta ....................................................
Chicago.....................................................
St. L o u is..................................................
M inneapolis............................................
Kansas C i t y ............................................
D a lla s .......................................................
San Francisco................ i ......................

The $3,320 million o f accepted tenders includes $138 million o f noncompetitive tenders from the public
and $1,588 million o f tenders from Federal Reserve Banks for themselves and as agents o f foreign and inter­
national monetary authorities accepted at the average price.




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