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F E D E R A L

R E S E R V E

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OPEN MARKET MONEY RATES AND BOND PRICES
Average of D a i l y F i g u r e s 1/
Federal funds ( E f f e c t i v e Rate)*. . . . . . . . . .
Commercial paper ( p r i m e , 4 t o 6 m o s . ) . . . . . . .
F i n a n c i n g p a p e r p l a c e d d i r e c t l y (3 t o 6 m o s . ) . . .

J a n . 29
Feb. 5
™3T43™ ~
3.23

Weekly
Feb. 12
3.25

F e b . 19
3.43

Feb. 26
3.34

3.88
3.80
3.85

3.98
3.88
3.75

4.00
3.78
3.50

3.93
3.75
3.45

3.88
3.75
3.43

4/

4/

4/

4/

4/

Monthly
Jan.
Feb.
3.50
3.29
4.08
3.95
3.92

3.93
3.78
3.52

S t o c k Exchange c a l l l o a n s — g o i n g r a t e

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.60

4.50

4.89

4.63

D i s c o u n t r a t e ( F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Bank of New York) .

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

- -

- -

3.493
3.754

3.367
3.733

3.141
3.594

3.066
3.537

3.145
3.513

3.403
3.656

3.180
3.594

3.46
3.71
3.79

3.35
3.78
4.05

3.09
3.56
4.00

3.04
3.50
3.95

3.22
3.64
4.11

3.38
3.66
3.78

3.18
3.63
4.05

4.00
5.47
5.67

4.05
5.55
5.70

3.92
5.51
5.71

4.04
5.47
5.65

4.21
5.50
5.63

3.99
5.33
5.62

4.07
5.51
5.67

68.34

68.00

67.95

68.51

68.66

68.79

68.32

Average y i e l d s on c o r p o r a t e bonds ( M o o d y ' s ) . . . .

7.67
7.22
8.24

7.68
7.25
8.26

7.70
7.29
8.25

7.68
7.28
8.23

7.67
7.26
8.21

7.66
7.19
8.23

7.68
7.27
8.23

S t a t e and L o c a l Government Aaa (Moody's)

5.05

5.10

5.00

5.00

4.95

4.84

5.01

Y i e l d s on U. S. Government S e c u r i t i e s
Auction average:

Market y i e l d : * *
1-year b i l l s

. . . . . .

Market y i e l d :
O t h e r t a x a b l e i s s u e s , 9 t o 12 months

1/
~2j
3/
4A//
*

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I n c l u d e s a l l bonds maturing or c a l l a b l e in 10 years or more.
P r i c e s d e r i v e d from a v e r a g e m a r k e t y i e l d s on t h e b a s i s of an assumed 3 per c e n t , 2 0 - y e a r bond.
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** B i l l s quoted on bank d i s c o u n t b a s i s .
D a i l y a v e r a g e s a r e based on number of c a l e n d a r days i n p e r i o d .
March 16, 1972
Digitized for GOVERNMENT
FRASER
FINANCE SECTION, FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD