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ATS733

January 8, 1980

RESULTS OF AUCTION OF 15-YEAR 1-MONTH TREASURY BONDS
(Bonds of 1995)

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

The following statement was issued by the Treasury Department:
The Department of the Treasury has accepted $1,501 million of $3,724 million of tenders received
from the public for the 15-year 1-month bonds auctioned today [January 3], The range of accepted
competitive bids was as follows:
Lowest yield .
Highest yield.
Average yield

10.58%!
10.61%
10.60%

'Excepting one tender of $20,000.

The interest rate on the bonds will be 10-1/2%. At the 10-1/2% rate, the above yields result in the
following prices:
Low-yield price__
High-yield price ...
Average-yield price

99.352
99.130
99.204

The $1,501 million of accepted tenders includes $85 million of noncompetitive tenders and $1,416
million of competitive tenders from private investors, including 45 percent of the amount of bonds bid for
at the high yield.
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T homas M. T im l e n ,
First Vice President
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