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R&S MR 850
October 5, 19)43

OPEN-MARKET TmONEY RATEC- IN MEW YORK CITY
(Per cent per annum)
Weekly
Sept. 25
Oct. 2
19U3
19U3
P r e v e i l i n g r a t e on:
Commercial paper (prime, Ij. to 6 months). . 5 / 8 - 3/U 5/6 Bankers 1 acceptances (prime, 90 days) . .
Time loans (Stock Exchance, QO days) . . . 1 \/C
Rate on Stock-exchange c a l l loans• l /
i'i CW
' . . • •
• . . » « «' • «.. . . . .
United States Government s e c u r i t i e s : \J
Rate on J-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
of indebtedness . . . . . ,
Yield on
to 5-y^ar Treasury notes . . .
Yield on Treasury bonds, 12 years
and over:

Avrrare yield on high-grade corporate

1.00
1.00

• 375

3/h

1.00
1.00

.375

Month.'Ly
Aug,
S ept.
19U3
19U3
5 / 8 - 3/4 5 / 8 -

A f t
1.00
1.00
.375

3/h

7/16
1 l/U
1.00
1.00

.375

.77
1.32

.77
1.31

1.80

2.30
113.2

1.80
2.30
II3.2

1.80
2 JO
113.2

2.28
112.7

2.61

2.60

2.59

2.57

2.71
3.63

2.7C
3.83

2.^9
3.83

2.65
3.81

.77
1.31 ,

.75
1.29
1.83

Average yield on corporate bonds
(Moody* s) % y

l / Average of daily f i r v r e s • For Treasury b i l l s , average r a t e of
discount on issues o f f e r e d within period.
Price derived from overage yield of p a r t i a l l y tax-exempt long-term
issues on basis of a 2 j/U pf-r cent 1.6-year bond.
3/ Averages of daily f i r u r c s ; weekly figures are* for week ending
Friday.