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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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' :T 1. 3 1943

R&S MR 851
October 11, 19U3
OPEM-^.KET MONEY RATES IN NEM YORK CITY
(Per cent per annum)
Weekly
Oct. 2,
Oct. 9,
191+3
19!:3
P r e v a i l i n g r a t e on:
Commercial paper (prime, U t o 6 months). .
Bankers 1 acceptances (prime, 90 d a y s ) , . .
Tine loans (Stock Exchange, 90 days) . . .
Rate on Stock-exchange c a l l loans: \ J

5 / 0 . 3 k 5/6 - 3 A 5/3 - 3 A 5/k - 3 A
7/16
1 lA
. f t 6
1.00
1.00

United S t a t e s Government s e c u r i t i e s : l/
Rate on 3-month Treasury b i l l s
Yield on 9- to. 12-month c e r t i f i c a t e s

.375

Yield on 3- t o $~year Treasury n o t e s , . ,
Yield on Treasury bonds, 12 years
and over:
P a r t i a l l y tax-exempt bonds . . . . . . .
P r i c e of Treasury bonds: 2/
Average y i e l d on high-grade corporate
bonds (Treasury s e r i e s ) l / . . . .

Monthly
Aug.
Sept. •
19U3
1943

1.00
1.00
.375

1.00
1.00

l.oo
1.00
.375

.375

.76
1.31

• 77
1.32

.77
1.31

.75
1.29

1.79
2.30
113.3

1,80
2.30
113.2

1.80
2.30
113.2

1.03
2.20
112.7

2.60

2,61

2.59

2.57

2.70
3-83

2.71
3.83

2.69
3.83

2.69
3.8I

Average y i e l d on c o r p o r a t e bonds
(Moody1 s ) : 3 /
Baa. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 / Average of d a i l y f i g u r e s , For Treasury b i l l s , average r a t e of
discount on i s s u e s o f f e r e d w i t h i n p e r i o d .
2 / Prico derived from average y i e l d of p a r t i a l l y tax-exempt longterra i s s u e s on b a s i s of a 2 3/U per cent 16-year bond.
3 / Averages of d a i l y f i g u r e s ; v/oekly f i g u r e s a r e f o r week ondinp
Friday,




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