Full text of G.13 Selected Interest Rates : October 7, 1941

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
R&SMR743
October 7, 1941
OPEN-MARKET RATES IN NEW YORK CITY
(Per cent per annum)
Week ending Saturday
Oct, 4
1941

T S e p t . 27
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1941

P r e v a i l i n g r a t e on:
Commercial paper (prime, 4 to 5 months)
Bankers' acceptances (prime, 90 days).*
Time loans (Stock Exchange, 90 d a y s ) . . .

1/2
7/16
1/4

7/1G
1 1/4

Rate on Stock-exchange c a l l l o a n s : \J
New . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ,
Renewal...............................

1.00
1.00

1,00

United S t a t e s o b l i g a t i o n s :
Rate on Treasury b i l l s (91 days): 2/
Dealers' quotation Jl/
N ew i s s u e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yield on Treasury n o t e s ,
3 to 5 years: \ J
Tax-exempt notes
Taxable n o t e s . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yield on Treasury bonds, 12 years
and over: J l /
P a r t i a l l y tax-exempt bonds,
Taxable bonds 4 / . . ,
P r i c e of Treasury bonds \J b/

.11
.002

1/2

1,00

.08

.062

.38

.66

.38
.65

1.92
2.11
; 111.4

1.94
2.13
111.1

Average y i e l d on high-grade c o r p o r a t e
bonds \J JS/.
.

2.63

2.64

Average y i e l d on c o r p o r a t e bonds: i j
Aaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Baa

2.74
4.31

2.75
4.33

1/
Zj
3/
jt/
5/

Ave rage s of d a i l y f i gur e s .
Tax-exempt b i l l s p r i o r t o March 1941; t a x a b l e b i l l s t h e r e a f t e r ,
Negative y i e l d .
Includes 1956-58 bonds o n l y .
P r i c e s derived from y i e l d f i g u r e s of p a r t i a l l y tax-exempt i s s u e s on b a s i s of a
2 3/4 per c e n t , 16-year bond.
_6/ Figure f o r week ended S e p t . 28, 1940, r e p o r t e d in r e l e a s e dated S e p t , 30, 1941
as 2.68 per c e n t , should be r e v i s e d t o 2.69 per c e n t .
7 / Averages of d a i l y f i g u r e s , week ending F r i d a y ,