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FED ER A L R ESER VE BAN K O F N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
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Circular No. 8 5 9 8 T
July 3, 1979
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OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TR EA SUR Y BILLS
$2,900,000,000 of 91-Day B ills, Additional Am ount, Series Dated A pril 12, 1979, Due October 11, 1979
(To Be Issued July 12, 1979)
$3,000,000,000 of 182-Day B ills, Dated July 12, 1979, Due January 10, 1980
To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

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 July 12, 1979. This offering will not
provide new cash for the Treasury as the maturing bills are out­
standing in the amount of $5,926 million. The two series offered
are as follows:
91-day bills (to maturity date) for approximately $2,900
million, representing an additional amount of bills dated
April 12, 1979, and to mature October 11, 1979 (C U SIP
No. 912793 2Q8), originally issued in the amount of
$3,018 million, the additional and original bills to be
freely interchangeable.
182-day bills for approximately $3,000 million to be dated
July 12, 1979, and to mature January 10, 1980 (C U SIP
No. 912793 3L8).
Both series of bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing July 12, 1979. Federal Reserve Banks,
for themselves and as agents of foreign and international monetary
authorities, presently hold $2,384 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 Daylight Saving time, Monday, July 9, 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
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. Each tender must state the amount of any net long
l>osition in the bills being offered if such position is in excess of $200
million. This information should reflect positions held at the close of
business on the day prior to the auction. Such positions would in­
clude bills acquired through “when issued” trading, and futures and
forward transactions as well as holdings of outstanding bills with
the same maturity date as the new offering, e.g., bills with three

months to maturity previously offered as six month bills. 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, when submitting tenders for cus­
tomers, must submit a separate tender for each customer whose net
long position in the bill being offered exceeds $200 million.
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. A deposit of
2 percent of the par amount of the bills applied for must accom­
pany 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 on
July 12, 1979, in cash or other immediately available funds or in
Treasury bills maturing July 12, 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 Treas­
ury bills and govern the conditions of their issue. Copies of the
circulars and tender forms may be obtained from any Federal Re­
serve 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 Daylight Saving time, Monday, July 9,
1979, at the Securities Department of its Head Office and 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 conffirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for 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 iti maturing Treasury bills.
Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




P

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A. V

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President.
( over)

RESULTS OF LAST WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
(TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED JULY 5, -1979)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
91 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing October 4, 1979
Price

H ig h ............................... ..................
L o w ................................ ..................
A verage............................................

97.751*
97.727
97.733

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 3 , 1980

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate 1

Price

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate 1

8.897%
8.992%
8.968%

9.25%
9.35%
9.33%

95.526
95.511
95.517

8.850%
8.879%
8.867%

9.42%
9.45%
9.44%

1 Equivalent coupon-issue yield.
a Excepting two tenders totaling $50,000.
(63 percent of the amount of 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

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

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
91 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing October 4 , 1979

ByF.R. District (and US. Treasury)

Received

Boston................................... $ 38,845,000
New York.............................. 3,698,340,000
20,445,000
Philadelphia...........................
29,045,000
Cleveland...............................
Richmond..............................
22,660,000
Atlanta...................................
33,295,000
Chicago..................................
243,125,000
St. Louis................................
40,240,000
Minneapolis...........................
16,185,000
Kansas City............................
26,295,000
Dallas.....................................
11.455,000
San Francisco........................
245,120,000
U.S. Treasury........................
22,900,000

Accepted

182 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 3 , 1980
Received

Accepted

38,845,000
2,306,890,000
20,445,000
29,045,000
22,660,000
33,295,000
133,125,000
19,240,000
16,185,000
26,295,000
11,455,000
220,120,000

$ 77,305,000
4,506,945,000
16,510,000
26,365,000
33,790,000
28,540,000
218,110,000
36,485,000
18,255,000
26,440,000
12,045,000
277,075,000

22,900,000

24,380,000

24,380,000

$4,447,950,000

$2,900,500,000

$5,302,245,000

$3,000,095,000

Public
Competitive .......................
Noncompetitive .................

$2,792,915,000
435,500,000

$1,245,465,000
435,500,000

$3,811,470,000
350,375,000

$1,509,320,000
350,375,000

S u b t o t a l s ................................

$3,228,415,000

$1,680,965,000

$4,161,845,000

$1,859,695,000

Federal Reserve, and Foreign
Official Institutions............

1,219,535,000

1,219,535,000

1,140,400,000

1,140,400,000

$4,447,950,000

$2,900,500,000

$5,302,245,000

$3,000,095,000

T

o t a l s .........................................

$

$

27,305,000
2,650,345,000
16,510,000
14,365,000
33,790,000
27,030,000
42,110,000
12,485,000
16,415,000
25,440,000
10,045,000
99,875,000

By class of bidder

T

otals




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