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FEDERAL
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Period

Week ending:
1973 - Aug. 4
11
18
25
Sept. 1
Month ending:
1973 - Aug.
1972 - Aug.
Note:

RESERVE

statistical

release

U. S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY YIELDS AND PRICES
(Yields in per cent per annum)

Auction average
3-month
6-month
bills
bills

3-month
bills

8.320
8.486
8.976
8.910

8 476
8.650
8.943
8.856

8.30
8.70

8.668

8.577

8.700
4.527

8.672
4.014

5T6

U.S. Government
rket yield*
6-month
1-year
bills
bills

ecurity yields
Other issues
due in 9-12
months 1/

Issues, due
in 3 to
5 years 2/

Longterm
bonds 3/

Price
longterm
bonds 4/

8.71

8.43
8.79
8.78
8.57

8.40
8.44
8.34
8.25

8.94
9.13
8.91

8.61

7.80
7.50

8.62

8.58

8.22

8.53

7.35

6.62

60.17

8.67
4.02

8.65
4.55

8.32
4.90..

8.82
4.91

7.75
5.92

6.81
5.54

58.71
69.55

8.02

8.16

Yields
prices

6.90
6.97
6.83
6.74
•1

58.01
57.51
58.60
59.22

losing bid

1/

Includes the 4-1/4 per cent bond of May 15, 1974 and the 7
-1/4 per cent note of May 15, 1974, thru August 15.
Beginning August 16, includes only the 5-5/8 per cent note of August 15, 1974.

2/

Currently includes the following notes:
6-1/2 per.cent of 8/15/76 thru August 15
7-1/2 per cent of 8/15/76 thru August 15
6-1/4 per cent of 11/15/76

3/

4/

Currently
6-3/8 per
3-1/4 per
6-1/8 per
3-1/2 per
4-1/4 per

includes the following bonds due or callable in
cent of 1984
cent of 1985
cent of 1986
cent of 1990
cent of 1987-92

8
per cent of 2/15/77
7-3/4 per cent of 8/15/77
6-1/4 per cent of 2/15778
years or
4
per
6-3/4 per
7-1/2 per
4-1/8 per
3
per
7
per
" 3-1/2 per

cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
cent

of
of
of
of
of
of
of

1988-93
1993
1988-93, beg. Aug. 16
1989-94
1995
1993-98
1998

Prices derived from average market yields on the basis of an assumed 3 per cent 20-year bond.


GOVERNMENT FINANCE SECTION,


FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

September 10, 1973

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C. 14

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY YIELDS AND PRICES
(Yields in per cent per annum)

1973 -- Aug. 1
2
3
, 4
6
7
8
9
10
11
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
25
27
28
29
30
31

3-month
bills

average
6-month
bills

8.320

8.476

8.486

8.976-

8.910

8.668




8.943

.856

M; rket yield*
3-month
6-month
1-year
bills
bills
bills
8.38
8.48
8.43
8.28
8.40
8.34
8.27
8.46
8.39

Otl^er issues
due^ in 9-12
months 1/
8.95
8.96
8.95

Issues, due
in 3 to
5 vears 2/
8.07
8.03
8.09

Longterm
bonds 3/
6.98
6.94
6.95

„

Price,
longterm
hnnH
uvnu q
o A/
H/
57.44
57.73
57.66

.32
.75
.77
.81
.84

8.55
8.86
8.80
8.85
8.87

8.41
8.46
8.43
8.44
8.44

9.05
9.15
9.16
9.12
9.16

8.16
8.22
8.15
8.15
8.12

6.96
7.01
6.97
6.97
6.94

8.82
9.05
8.95
8.86
8.72

8.84
8.96
8.84
8.64
8.61

8.42
8.43
8.33
8.26
8.24

9.18
9.03
9.04
8.73
8.58

8.04
7.99
7.91
7.60
7.48

6.89
6.88
6.84
6.79
6.73

8.79
8.92
8.78
8.62
8.46

8.77
8.77 .
8.59
8.41 .
8.32

8.29
8.27
8.31
8.25
8.13

8.75
8.75
8.73
8.47
8.37

7.65
7.62
7.62
7.38
7.24

6.80
6.78
6.79
6.72
6.63

58.79
58.94
58.87
59.40
60.11

8.52
8.63
8.50
8.57
8.66

8.22
8.24
8.17
8.22
8.26

8.45
8.53
8.54
6.54
8.58

7.43
7.38 .
7.28
7.32
7.35

6.65
6.68
6.60
6.59
6.59

59.95
59.72
60.34
60.42
60.42

8.53
8.72
8.62
8.57
8.66

.

t

57.59
57,22
57.51
57.51- '
57.73
,/
f
A

58.11
58.18
58.49
58.87
59.33