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REC'D IN FILES SECTION
DEC 4 - 1940

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTB11
R&S MR 639
December 3, 1940
OPEN-1VIARKET RATE'S IN ??EvV YORK CITY
(Per c ent per annum)
!

i

Week e n d i n g S a t u r d a y
Nov. 30
1940

Nov. 23
1940

Nov. 2
1940

Dec , 2
1939

P r e v a i l i n g r a t e on:
Commercial paper ( p r i m e , 4 t o 6 months) , . 1 / 2 - 5 / 8
Bankers 1 a c c e p t a n c e s ( p r i m e , 90 d a y s ) . . , .
7/16
Time l o a n s (Stock Exchange, 90 d a y s ) . , . , , j; 1 1/4

1/2-5/8
7/16
1 1/4

1/2-5/8
7/16
1 1/4

1/2-5/8
7/16
1 1/4

1.00
1,00

1.00
1.00

1.00
1.00

,02
.004
,32
1.94

1/
,40
2.08

.05
.016
.60
2.38

Rate on S t o c k - e x c h a n g e c a l l l o a n s : l /

,
1

1.00
1.00

Average y i e l d on United S t a t e s o b l i g a t i o n s :
T r e a s u r y b i l l s (31 d a y s )
|
,02
j
.002
I
.34
T r e a s u r y b o n d s , 12 y e a r s and over l / . . . . . ,1 1 . 9 3
Average y i e l d on c o r p o r a t e b o n d s :

2/

i
,

i
2.73
4.47

_l/ Averages of d a i l y f i g u r e s .
2 / Avere%-?s of d a i l y f i g u r e s , - week e n d i n g F r i d a y .
"3/ R a t e ne,,:! i g i b l e .




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2.74
4.47

2.79
4.54

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