Full text of G.13 Selected Interest Rates : October 2, 1941

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REC'D IN FILES SECTION
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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October 2, 1041
OPEN-MARKET RATES Hi m ? YORK CITY
(Per cent per annum)

1941
September
Prevailing rate on:
Commercial paper (prime; 4 to 6 months),
Bankers' acceptances (prime, 90 days)..,
Time loans (Stock Exchange, 90 days)
Rate on Stock-exchange call loans: JL/
Renewal

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United States obligations:
Rate on Treasury bills (91 days): zj
Dealers' quotation l/.................
New issue
Yield on Treasury notes,
3 to 5 years: \J
Tax-exempt notes 3/.
Taxable notes 3/
Yield on Treasury bonds, 12 years and
over: 1 /
Partially tax-exempt bonds ..........,
Taxable bonds 4/. ,
Price of Treasury bonds l/ 5/

1/2

7/lG
1/4

1.00
1.00

.10

August

1/2

7/16
1 1/4
1.00

1 .00

.13

,055

.108

.34
.62

1940
July

September

1/2

1/2-6/8
7/16
1 1/4

7/16
1 1/4

1.00

1.00

.12

.05

1.00

1.00

.097

.021

,33

.62

.37
.67

.48

1.94
2.14
111.2

1,94
2.13
111,1

1.90
2.14
111.7

2.18

Average yield on high-grade corporate
bonds \J

2.64

2.65

2.66

2.71

Average yield on corporate bonds: l/
Aaa .
Baa............

2.75
4.30

2.74
4.27

2.74
4.28

4.66

l/
Zj
ij
A/
5/

107.7

2.82

Averages of daily figures
Tax-exempt bills prior to March 1941; taxable bills thereafter.
The number of issues included decreased from 2 to 1 on September 15, 1941.
Includes 1956-58 bonds only.
Prices derived from yield figures of partially tax-exempt issues on basis of a
2 3/4 per cent, 16-year bond.