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

AT

8

June 29, 1979

R E SU L T S OF A U C T IO N OF 15-Y E A R 1-MONTH T R E A SU R Y B O N D S
(B onds o f 1994)

To All Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

The following statem ent was issued by the Treasury Department;

The Department of the Treasury has accepted $1,501 million of $2,784 million of tenders received from
the public for the 15-year 1-month bonds auctioned today [June 27], The range of accepted competitive bids
was as follows:
Lowest yield...................... 8.78%
Highest yield.....................8.83%
Average yield.....................8.81%
The interest rate on the bonds will be 8% . At the 8% rate, the above yields result in the following
%
%
prices:
Low-yield p ric e................................. 99.714
High-yield price............................... 99.302
Average-yield price ......................... 99.467
The $1,501 million of accepted tenders includes $88 million of noncompetitive tenders and $1,413
million of competitive tenders from private investors, including 57 percent of the amount of bonds bid for at
the high yield.




P aul A. V olcker ,
President.