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

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Circular N o . 9633
February 8, 1984

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$6,4©©,©©©,©©© off 91=Bay Bills, To Be Issued February 16, 1984, Due May 17, 1984
$6,4©©,©©©,©©© off 182=Oay Bills, To Be Issued February 16, 1984, Due August 16, 1984
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 by the Treasury Department:
The D epartm ent o f the Treasury, by this public n otice, invites tenders
for two series o f Treasury bills totaling approxim ately $12,800 m illion, to
be issued February 16, 1984. This offering will provide $300 m illion o f
new cash for the Treasury, as the m aturing bills are outstanding in the
am ount o f $12,506 m illion, including $952 m illion currently held by
Federal Reserve Banks as agents for foreign and international m onetary
authorities and $2,425 m illion currently held by Federal Reserve Banks
for their own account. The two series offered are as follow s:
91-day bills (to maturity date) for approxim ately $6,400 m illion,
representing an additional am ount o f bills dated M ay 19, 1983,
and to m ature M ay 17, 1984 (C U SIP N o. 912794 EG 5), cur­
rently outstanding in the am ount o f $13,997 m illion, the
additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable.
182-day bills for approxim ately $6,400 m illion, to be dated
February 16, 1984, and to m ature August 16, 1984 (C U SIP N o.
912794 FRO).
Both series o f bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for Treasury
bills maturing February 16, 1984. Tenders from Federal Reserve Banks
for themselves and as agents for foreign and international m onetary
authorities will be accepted at the weighted average bank discount rates o f
accepted com petitive tenders. A dditional am ounts o f the bills m ay be
issued to Federal Reserve Banks, as agents for foreign and international
monetary authorities, to the extent that the aggregate am ount o f tenders
for such accounts exceeds the aggregate am ount o f m aturing bills held by
them.
The bills will be issued on a discount basis under com petitive and n on ­
com petitive bidding, and at maturity their par am ount will be payable
w ithout interest. Both series o f bills will be issued entirely in book-entry
form in a m inimum am ount o f $10,000 and in any higher $5,000 multiple,
on the records either o f 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 D ebt, W ashington, D .C . 20226, prior to 1:30
p .m ., Eastern Standard tim e, Tuesday, February 14, 1984. Form PD
4632-2 (for 26-week series) or Form P D 4632-3 (for 13-week series) should
be used to subm it tenders for bills to be maintained on the book-entry
records o f the D epartm ent o f the Treasury.
Each tender m ust state the par am ount o f bills bid for, which must be
a m inim um o f $10,000. Tenders over $10,000 must be in multiples o f
$5,000. Com petitive tenders must also show the yield desired, expressed
on a bank discount rate basis with tw o decim als, e.g ., 7.15% . Fractions
may not be used.
Banking institutions and dealers w ho m ake primary markets in G ov­
ernment securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve Bank o f N ew
York their positions in and borrowings on such securities m ay submit
tenders for account o f custom ers, if the names o f the custom ers and the
am ount for each custom er are furnished. Others are only permitted to
submit tenders for their own account. Each tender must state the am ount
o f any net long position in the bills being offered if such position is in
excess o f $200 m illion. This inform ation should reflect positions held as
o f 12:30 p .m ., Eastern tim e, 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 m onths to
maturity previously offered as six-m onth bills. Dealers who m ake primary
markets in G overnm ent securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve
Bank o f New York their positions in and borrowings on such securities,

when subm itting tenders for custom ers, m ust subm it a separate tender for
each custom er w hose net long position in the bills being offered exceeds
$200 m illion.
A noncom petitive bidder m ay not have entered into an agreem ent, or
m ay not m ake an agreem ent with respect to the purchase or sale or other
disposition o f any noncom petitive awards o f this issue in this auction
prior to the designated closing time for receipt o f tenders.
Paym ent for the full par am ount o f the bills applied for m ust accom ­
pany all tenders subm itted for bills to be m aintained on the book-entry
records o f the Departm ent o f the Treasury. A cash adjustm ent will be
m ade on all accepted tenders for the difference between the par paym ent
subm itted and the actual issue price as determ ined in the auction.
N o deposit need accom pany tenders from incorporated banks and
trust com panies and from responsible and recognized dealers in invest­
m ent securities for bills to be m aintained on the book-entry records o f
Federal Reserve Banks and Branches. A deposit o f 2 percent o f the par
am ount o f the bills applied for must accom pany tenders for such bills
from others, unless an express guaranty o f paym ent by an incorporated
bank or trust com pany accom panies the tenders.
Public announcem ent will be m ade by the Departm ent o f the Treasury
o f the am ount and yield range o f accepted bids. C om petitive 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 w hole or in part, and the Secretary’s action shall be final. Sub­
ject to these reservations, noncom petitive tenders for each issue for
$1,000,000 or less w ithout stated yield from any one bidder will be
accepted in full at the weighted average bank discount rate (in two
decim als) o f accepted com petitive bids for the respective issues. The
calculation o f purchase prices for accepted bids will be carried to three
decim al places on the basis o f price per hundred, e .g ., 99.923, and the
determ inations o f the Secretary o f the Treasury shall be final.
Settlem ent for accepted tenders for bills to be m aintained on the bookentry records o f Federal Reserve Banks and Branches m ust be m ade or
com pleted at the Federal Reserve Bank or Branch on February 16, 1984,
in cash or other im m ediately-available funds or in Treasury bills maturing
February 16, 1984. Cash adjustm ents will be m ade for differences be­
tween 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 C ode, the am ount o f
discount at which these bills are sold is considered to accrue when the bills
are sold, redeem ed, or otherwise disposed o f. Section 1232(a)(4) provides
that any gain on the sale or redem ption o f these bills that does not exceed
the ratable share o f the acquisition discount m ust be included in the
Federal incom e tax return o f the owner as ordinary incom e. The
acquisition discount is the excess o f the stated redem ption price over the
taxpayer’s basis (cost) for the bill. The ratable share o f this discount is
determined by m ultiplying such discount by a fraction, the numerator o f
which is the number o f days the taxpayer held the bill and the
denom inator o f which is the number o f days from the day follow in g 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.
Departm ent o f the Treasury Circulars, Public D ebt Series— N os.
26-76 and 27-76, and this notice, prescribe the terms o f these Treasury
bills and govern the conditions o f their issue. C opies o f the circulars and
tender forms m ay be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch,
or from the Bureau o f the Public D ebt.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series prior to 1:30 p.m ., Eastern Standard time, Tuesday, February 14, 1984,
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. Payment fo r Treasury bills can­
not be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately
available fu n d s or in Treasury securities maturing on or before the issue date.
Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills are shown on the reverse side of this circular.
A n t h o n y M . So l o m o n ,




President.
Tenders must be received prior to 1:30 p.m ., Tuesday, February 14, 1984
(OVER)

RESULTS OF LAST WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
(TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED FEBRUARY 9 9 1984)

Mange of Accepted Competitive Bids
91-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing M ay 10, 1984

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

Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate1

Price

9.08% a
9.08%
9.08%

9.45%
9.45%
9.45%

97.705
97.705
97.705

182-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing A ug u st 9, 1984
Discount
Rate

Investment
Rate1

Price

9.70%
9.71%
9.71%

95.399
95.394
95.394

9.10% b
9.11%
9.11%

‘Equivalent coupon-issue yield.
aExcepting one tender o f $50,000.
bExcepting one tender o f $1,000,000.

(94 percent of the am ount of 91-day bills bid
for at the high discount rate was accepted.)

(75 percent of the am ount of 182-day bills bid
for at the high discount rate was accepted.)

Total Tenders Received and Accepted
91-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing M ay 10, 1984
Received

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

B o sto n ........................................
New Y o r k ..................................
P h ila d e lp h ia ..............................
C le v e la n d ..................................
R ich m o n d ..................................
A t l a n t a ......................................
C h icag o ......................................
St. L o u is ....................................
M in n eap o lis..............................
Kansas C ity ................................
Dallas ........................................
San F ran c isc o ............................

$

239,650,000
19,934,235,000
36,690,000
48,510,000
104,275,000
72,050,000
1,427,310,000
108,265,000
25,055,000
57,800,000
35,720,000
1,789,280,000

182-Day Treasury Bills
M aturing A ug u st 9, 1984

Accepted

$

39,650,000
5,611,840,000
35,990,000
36,090,000
41,155,000
50,780,000
112,310,000
69,265,000
10,055,000
56,300,000
25,720,000
81,960,000

Received

$

152,155,000
15,530,240,000
22,050,000
46,940,000
63,175,000
52,140,000
1,163,855,000
113,130,000
23,690,000
70,655,000
21,310,000
1,246,210,000

Accepted

$

49,655,000
5,300,140,000
22,050,000
42,940,000
42,175,000
43,765,000
229,795,000
74,130,000
13,690,000
65,665,000
21,310,000
185,760,000

U.S. T re asu ry ............................

266,745,000

266,745,000

347,880,000

347,880,000

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

$24,145,585,000

$6,437,860,000

$18,853,440,000

$6,438,955,000

$21,667,375,000
1,111,585,000

$3,959,650,000
1,111,585,000

$15,821,585,000
1,076,955,000

$3,407,100,000
1,076,955,000

Federal R e s e rv e .......................
Foreign Official Institutions ..

$22,778,960,000
1,266,025,000
100,600,000

$5,071,235,000
1,266,025,000
100,600,000

$16,898,540,000
1,200,000,000
754,900,000

$4,484,055,000
1,200,000,000
754,900,000

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

$24,145,585,000

$6,437,860,000

$18,853,440,000

$6,438,955,000

By class of bidder

Public
C o m p e titiv e .....................
N o nco m p etitiv e...............
S u b t o t a l s ...............................