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U.\S

Period

R&S 100-5881).
January 6, 1956
G0VE3NMENT SECURITY YIELDS AMD PRICES
(Yields in per cent per annum)

IV<*

S« Government securit3 r yields
Price of long3-month b i l l s
Long-term
9-12
term bonds
3-5;
year
Rate
month
bonds
Old
Market
on
new
taxable
taxable
7/
New
s
e
ries
3/Old
yields
issues issues 1 / issues 2/ s e r i e s
series
3/
2.42
2.38
2.79
2.96
9U.99
2,36
2.77
2,87
2.96
95.18
Closed

2,40
2^5
2.51
2v50
2c52
Closed

2.77
2.80
2*83
2.81,
2»82

2.83
2.85
2.Si,
2.83
2.81

2.87
2.88
2,88

2.96
2.96
2.97
2.97
2.96

95.17
95,11
95.00
95.03
95.15

2.88
2.89
2.88

2.97
2.97
2.97
2.96
2.96

95.09
91.95
95.13
95.26

2.96
2.96
2.97
2.98
2.97

95.29
95,25
95.11
91, .91
9k .98

2.89
2.90
2,88

2.97
2.97
2.96
2.96

91, .95
91,89
95,01
91j.98

2,88
2.88

2.88

2.86

2.31
2.82
2.81,
2.83"
2.87

2.38
2.89
2.85
2.85
V-eekly average:

Monthly average
Annual average:

2 .150
2.L?lc
2.591
2«6ia

2.688

2.Ill
2,1+7
2.51
2.62
2.73

2.88

9a.99

2.81
2,83
2.8U
2.87

2,88

T3T

2,88
2.88
2,88
2,89
T3T

2.96
2.9 6
2.97
2,97
2,96
2.97

95,01
95.09
95.08
95,11
91, .96
95.07

Tgo~

778o~

2.9k

95.97

"1/ 2 per cent note of 8/15/56
2/ Beginning December 1 s e r i e s i s composed of 1-7/8?! note of 2/15/59 and the following bonds - 2-1/2% of 12/15/58, 2-l/ltSS of 9/56-59, 2 3/8% of 3/57-59, and 2-1/8?
of 11/60.
2 / Beginning October 1 , s e r i e s includes f u l l y taxable marketable bonds due or callable
~ in 10-20 years; these are the 2-1/2 per cent issues of 3/66-71, 6/67-72, 7/67-72
and 12/67-72.
U/ 3 - 1 A per cent bond of 1978-83 and the 3 per cent bond of 1995*
Digitizedc forCorrected.
FRASER
GOVE^RGNT FINANCE SECTION, BOARD OF GOVE TORS
January 6, 1956