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Auction date:

March 18, 1981

RESULTS OF AUCTION OF 2-YEAR NOTES
The Department of the Treasury has accepted $ 4,756 million of
$ 10,023 million of tenders received from the public for the 2-year
notes, Series P-1983, auctioned today. The notes will be issued
March 31, 1981, and mature March 31, 1983.
The interest coupon rate on the notes will be 12-5/8%. The range
of accepted competitive bids, and the corresponding prices at the 12-5/8%
coupon rate are as follows:
Prices
100.026
99.905
99.957

Bids
12.61%
12.68%
12.65%

Lowest yield
Highest yield
Average yield

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 52% •
TENDERS RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED (In Thousands)
Location
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Treasury
Totals

$

Received
108,965
8,338,830
37,945
88,410
60,740
80,425
634,845
83,690
64,675
74,965
52,225
393,950
3,120

Accepted
$
55,470
4,029,980
26,465
43,310
49,490
51,925
185,635
79,190
59,675
73,965
37,220
60,065
3,115

$10,022,785

$4,755,505

The $4,756 million of accepted tenders includes $ 978
million
of noncompetitive tenders and $ 2,911 million of competitive tenders
from private investors. It also includes $ 867
million of tenders at
the average price frcm Federal Reserve Banks as agents for foreign and
international monetary authorities in exchange for maturing securities.
In addition to the $ 4,756 million of tenders accepted in the
auction process, $ 700
million of tenders were accepted at the average
price from Government accounts and Federal Reserve Banks for their own
account in exchange for maturing securities, and $ 68
million of
tenders were accepted at the average price from Federal Reserve Banks as
agents for foreign and international monetary authorities for new cash.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
[Ref. Cir. No. 9034]