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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 9597
December 14, 1983

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$6,400,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, To Be Issued December 22, 1983, Due March 22, 1984
$6,400,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, To Be Issued December 22, 1983, Due June 21, 1984
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

F ollow in g is the text o f a notice issued by the Treasury Departm ent:
The Department o f the Treasury, by this public notice, invites tenders
for two series o f Treasury bills totaling approximately $12,800 million, to
be issued December 22, 1983. This offering will provide $350 million o f
new cash for the Treasury, as the regular 13-week and 26-week maturities
were issued in the amount o f $12,456 million. The $5,006 million o f addi­
tional issue 17-day cash management bills issued December 5, 1983, and
maturing December 22, 1983, will be redeemed at maturity.
The $12,456 million o f regular maturities includes $1,382 million cur­
rently held by Federal Reserve Banks as agents for foreign and interna­
tional monetary authorities and $3,184 million currently held by Federal
Reserve Banks for their own account. The two series offered are as
follows:
91-day bills (to maturity date) for approximately $6,400 million,
representing an additional amount o f bills dated March 24,
1983, and to mature March 22, 1984 (CUSIP No. 912794 EE0),
currently outstanding in the amount o f $14,003 million, the
additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable.
182-day bills for approximately $6,400 million, to be dated
December 22, 1983, and to mature June 21, 1984 (CUSIP No.
912794 FC3).
Both series of bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for Treasury
bills maturing December 22, 1983. Tenders from Federal Reserve Banks for
themselves and as agents for foreign and international monetary authorities
will be accepted at the weighted average bank discount rates o f accepted
competitive tenders. Additional amounts o f the bills may be issued to
Federal Reserve Banks, as agents for foreign and international monetary
authorities, to the extent that the aggregate amount o f tenders for such ac­
counts exceeds the aggregate amount o f maturing bills held by them.
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. Both 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 of the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, or o f the
Department o f the Treasury.
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches and at
the Bureau o f the Public Debt, Washington, D.C. 20226, prior to 1:30 p.m.,
Eastern Standard time, Monday, December 19, 1983. 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 o f the Department o f the Treasury.
Each tender must state the par amount o f bills bid for, which must be
a minimum o f $10,000. Tenders over $10,000 must be in multiples o f
$5,000. Competitive tenders must also show the yield desired, expressed
on a bank discount rate basis with two decimals, e.g., 7.15Vo. Fractions
may not be used.
Banking institutions and dealers who make primary markets in Gov­
ernment securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve Bank o f New
York their positions in and borrowings on such securities may submit
tenders for account o f customers, if the names o f 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
o f any net long position in the bills being offered if such position is in
excess o f $200 million. This information should reflect positions held as
o f 12:30 p.m ., Eastern time, on the day o f the auction. Such positions
would include bills acquired through “ when issued” trading, and futures
and forward transactions as well as holdings o f 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 o f New York their positions in and borrowings on such securities,
when submitting tenders for customers, must submit a separate tender for
each customer whose net long position in the bills being offered exceeds
$200 million.
A noncompetitive bidder may not have entered into an agreement, or
may not make an agreement with respect to the purchase or sale or other
disposition o f any noncompetitive awards o f this issue in this auction
prior to the designated closing time for receipt o f tenders.
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 o f
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 announcement will be made by the Department o f the Treasury
o f the amount and yield range o f accepted bids. Competitive bidders will
be advised o f the acceptance or rejection o f 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 each issue for
$1,000,000 or less without stated yield from any one bidder will be
accepted in full at the weighted average bank discount rate (in two
decimals) o f accepted competitive bids for the respective issues. The
calculation o f purchase prices for accepted bids will be carried to three
decimal places on the basis o f price per hundred, e.g., 99.923, and the
determinations o f the Secretary o f the Treasury shall be final.
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 December 22, 1983,
in cash or other immediately-available funds or in Treasury bills maturing
December 22, 1983. Cash adjustments will be made for differences
between the par value o f the maturing bills accepted in exchange and the
issue price o f the new bills.
Under Section 454(b) o f the Internal Revenue Code, the amount o f
discount at which these bills are sold is considered to accrue when the bills
are sold, redeemed, or otherwise disposed of. Section 1232(a)(4) provides
that any gain on the sale or redemption o f these bills that does not exceed
the ratable share o f the acquisition discount must be included in the
Federal income tax return o f the owner as ordinary income. The
acquisition discount is the excess o f the stated redemption price over the
taxpayer’s basis (cost) for the bill. The ratable share o f this discount is
determined by multiplying such discount by a fraction, the numerator o f
which is the number o f days the taxpayer held the bill and the
denominator o f which is the number o f days from the day following the
taxpayer’s date o f purchase to the maturity o f the bill. If the gain on the
sale o f a bill exceeds the taxpayer’s ratable portion o f the acquisition
discount, the excess gain is treated as short-term capital gain.
Department o f the Treasury Circulars, Public Debt Series—Nos.
26-76 and 27-76, and this notice, prescribe the terms o f 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 o f the Public Debt.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series prior to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, December 19, 1983,
at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for both series are enclosed. Please
be sure to use them to submit tenders and return them in the enclosed envelope. Forms for submitting tenders directly to the
Treasury are available from the Government Bond Division of this Bank. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted
by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. P a y m e n t f o r T reasury bills
ca n n ot b e m a d e b y credit through th e Treasury Tax a n d L o a n A cco u n t. S ettlem en t m u st b e m a d e in cash o r oth er
im m ed ia tely available fu n d s o r in Treasury securities m aturing on o r b efo re the issue date.

Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills are shown on the reverse side of this circular.
ANTHONY M. SOLOMON, P r e s i d e n t



(OVER)

RESULTS OF LAST WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
(TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED DECEMBER 15, 1983)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
9 1 -D a y T reasu ry B ills
M a tu rin g M a rch 15, 1984

Low rate......................... ............
High r a te ....................... ............
Average rate ................. ............

1 8 2 -D a y T rea su ry B ills
M a tu rin g J u n e 14, 1984

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate1

Price

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate1

Price

8.91%
8.94%
8.93%

9.27%
9.30%
9.29%

97.748
97.740
97.743

9.10%
9.13%
9.12%

9.70%
9.73%
9.72%

95.399
95.384
95.389

'Equivalent coupon-issue yield.

(68 percent of the amount of 91-day bills bid
for at the high discount rate was accepted.)

(11 percent of the amount of 182-day bills bid
for at the high discount rate was accepted.)

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
9 1 -D a y T reasu ry B ills
M a tu rin g M a rch 15, 1984
By F.R. District (and U.S. Treasury)

Boston.....................................
New Y o rk ...............................
Philadelphia...........................
Cleveland...............................
Richmond...............................
A tla n ta ...................................
Chicago...................................
St. L o u is.................................
Minneapolis...........................
Kansas C ity.............................
Dallas .....................................
San Francisco.........................

Received

$

1 8 2 -D a y T reasu ry B ills
M a tu rin g J u n e 14, 1984

Accepted

236,495,000
13,089,075,000
26,080,000
90,905,000
53,275,000
41,765,000
1,890,770,000
80,035,000
25,225,000
43,255,000
28,545,000
924,035,000

$ 135,995,000
4,531,405,000
26,080,000
75,605,000
46,675,000
41,765,000
677,670,000
71,555,000
23,625,000
43,255,000
26,945,000
271,035,000

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

234,765,000

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

Received

$

Accepted

180,200,000
13,482,565,000
17,130,000
71,015,000
90,400,000
47,410,000
1,231,930,000
74,680,000
17,690,000
48,425,000
27,220,000
1,063,610,000

$ 74,700,000
4,875,690,000
17,130,000
42,115,000
60,380,000
40,290,000
387,330,000
63,010,000
13,240,000
48,425,000
22,770,000
344,110,000

234,765,000

229,310,000

229,310,000

$16,764,225,000

$6,206,375,000

$16,581,585,000

$6,218,500,000

$14,033,995,000
1,012,050,000

$3,476,145,000
1,012,050,000

$13,589,050,000
872,385,000

$3,225,965,000
872,385,000

Federal R eserve.....................
Foreign Official Institutions ..

$15,046,045,000
1,679,030,000
39,150,000

$4,488,195,000
1,679,030,000
39,150,000

$14,461,435,000
1,600,000,000
520,150,000

$4,098,350,000
1,600,000,000
520,150,000

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

$16,764,225,000

$6,206,375,000

$16,581,585,000

$6,218,500,000

By class o f bidder

Public
Com petitive...................
Noncompetitive.............
S u b t o t a l s ...........................

An additional $11,050 thousand of 13-week bills and an additional $153,850 thousand of 26-week bills will be
issued to foreign official institutions for new cash.