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FEDERAL

RESERVE

statistical

release

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY YIELDS AND PRICES
Calendar week ending July 20, 1974

H. 15

July
15

July
16

July
17

Yields (per cent per annum)
Auction Average:
3-month bills
6-month bills
Market Yields:
3-month bills
6-month bills
1-year bills
Other issues, due in
9-12 months _1/
Issues, due in 3-5
years 2_/
Bonds, due or callable
in 10 years or more 3y

July
18

July
19

7.702
7.876

Weekly Average
This
Last
Year
week
week
*a&o

7.702
7.876

7.892
8.480

7.957
8.023

7.62
7.64
7.87

7.53
7.81
7.75

7.72
7.87
7.75

7.92
7.97
7.85

7.82
7.88
7.79

7.72
7.83
7.80

7.45
8.05
8.13

8.03
8.17
7.97

8.64

8.71

8.66

8.69

8.66

8.67

9.09

8.40

8.40

8.40

8.35

8.35

8.25

8.35

8.60

7.48

7.24

7.26

7.25

7.24

7.20

7.24

7.23

6.50

Bonds, due or callable
in 10 years or more 4/ 55.56

55.42

55.49

55.56

55.84

55.57

55.66

61.16

Prices

NOTE:

*

Yields are averages of those computed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
on the basis of closing bid prices. Yields on Treasury bills are computed on
a bank discount basis.

As of July 21,

1973.

1/

Currently includes the 5-7/8 per cent: note of May 15, 1975 and the 6 per cent
note of May 15, 1975.

2j

Currently includes the following notes:
7-3/4 per cent of 8/15/77
6-1/4 per cent of 2/15/7r8

8-3/4 per cent of 8/15/78
6
per cent of 11/15/78

3/

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

includes the following bonds due or callable in 10 years or more:
cent of 1984
6-3/4 per cent of 1993
cent of 1985
7-1/2 per cent of 1988-93
cent of 1986
4-1/8 per cent of 1989-94
cent of 1990
3
per cent of 1995
cent of 1987-92
7
per cent of 1993-98
cent of 1988-93
3-1/2 per cent of 1998
8-1/2 per cent of 1994-99

4/

Prices derived from average market yields on the basis of an assumed 3 per
cent, 20-year bond.
GOVERNMENT FINANCE SECTION, FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

JULY 22, 1974