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R&S MR 102U
February lit, 1956
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
OPEN-MARKET MONEY RATES AND BOND PRICES

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m i n i pnpeJr (prime, It t o 6 mos.) 1 /
Finance paper p l a c e d d i r e c t l y ( 3 t o 6 mos.) 1 /
Bankers' acceptances (prime, 90 days) 1 /
Rate on Stock Exchange c a l l l o a n s : 1 /
New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yields on U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s l /
B i l l s , 3 months, new i s s u e s . . . . . .
B i l l s , 3 months, market y i e l d . . . . .
Taxable i s s u e s , 9 t o 12 months . . . .
Taxable i s s u e s , 3 t o 5 y e a r s . . . . .
B. A s - long-term, t a x a b l e :
series . . . . . . .
.
. . . .
New s e r i e s * . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P r i c e of long-term Treasury bonds:
Old s e r i e s . . . . . . .
New s e r i e s * . . . . . . . . . . .
Average y i e l d on c o r p o r a t e bonds (Moody's) l /
Aaa
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Baa
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S t a t e and l o c a l Government, Aaa 2 / . . . . . »

3.00
2.88
2.50

Jan. 1U

Weekly
Jan. 21

Jan. 28

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.50

2.1i5

2.38

2.88
2.38

2.88

2.88

2.88

Feb. U

3.00

2.99

2.80

3.00

2.tt3

2.88
2.15

3-63
3.63

3.63
3.63

3.63
3.63

2.U02

2.56k
2.5U
2.56
2.83

2.U56
2.1a

2.88

2.86

3.63
3.63

3.63
3.63

3.63
3.63

3.63
3.63

2.109
2.51

2.596
2.53
2.58

2.193
2.39

2.2L5

2.68

2.39
2.66

2.hO

2.88

2.83
2.93

2.83
2.9U

2.31

2.92

2.97

2.9U

2.69
2.8?

2.90

2.96

2.81
2.95

2.U1

2.28

2.29

2.65

2.50
2.1k

102.66

102.92

103.16

95.71

95.78
103.20

95.98
103.39

102.62

95.07

95.^0
103.0b

3.1b

3.13
3.61
2.27

3.11

3.09
3.59
2.27

3.09
3.59

3.62

3.15

3.11

2.29

2.27

9b. 71

3.62
2.29

95.01

3.60
2.27

2.2U

1 / Average of d a i l y f i g u r e s .
2/ Moody's I n v e s t o r S e r v i c e ; monthly and weekly d a t a a r e based on Thursday f i g u r e s .
* 3 - l / l t p e r cent bond of 1973-33 and beginning February 1 , 1955, 3 p e r cent bond of February 1995.
GOVERNMENT FINANCE SZCTION, ROiJFO 0? fiOVEPNORS




Monthly
Jan. 1956
Dec. 1955

3.60