Full text of G.13 Selected Interest Rates : April 8, 1953

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R&S MR 990
April 8, 1953

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BOABD OF GOVERNORS OF THE.FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
OPEN-MARKET RATES IN NEW YORK CITY

£

Monthly
Weekly 1953
Mar. 7 Mar. 1U fMar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. It (Feb. 1953 Mar. 1953
prevailing r a t e on:
Commercial paper (prime, U t o 6 mos.)
Bankers acceptances (prime, 90 days)
Time loans (Stock exchange, 90 days)
Rate on Stock Exchange c a l l loans: 1 /
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Yields on U. S» Government s e c u r i t i e s : 1 /

Yields on high-grade corporate bonds
Average yield on corporate bonds (Moody's) 2 /
Baa « « « • < « • •
High-grade municipal bonds 3 /

2.31
1.88
2.63

2i38
1.38
2.63

2.38
1.88
2.63

2.38
1.88
2.63

2.38
1.88
2.63

2.31
1.88
2.63

2.36
1.88
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.16U
2.09
2.0b
2.1*2
2.87
9W3

2.098
2.03
2.02
2;iili
2i87
9U.63

3.15

3.lit

3.lit

3.18

V

3.11

3.16

3.11
3.55
2.61

3.10
3.56
2.61

3.12
3.56
2.61

3.1k
3.58
2.61

3.18
3.60
2.63

3.07
3.53
2.5U

3.12
3.57
2.61

2.029 2.036
1.98
1.97
2.01
2.09
2.U6
2.52
2; 88
2.91
9U.U3 93.69

2.029 2.018
2.02
1.97
2.13
1.97
2.it2
2.52
2.92
2.83
93.83 95.28

l / Average of d a i l y f i g u r e s .
<?/ Average of d a i l y f i g u r e s : weekly figures are f o r week ending Friday.
Standard and Poor's Corporation: monthly and weekly data are based on figures f o r Wednesday.
__ Series discontinued beginning April 1 , 1953.

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GOVERNMENT FINANCE SECTION, BOARD OF GOVERNORS




2.082
2.01
2 .Ob
2.U6
2.89
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