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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
SELECTED INTEREST RATES
(Yields in percent per annum)
Calendar week ending March 1, 1980

H.15(519)

Instruments
Federal funds (effective rate)
Commercial paper 2/5/
1-month . . . .~"
3-month
6-month
Finance paper placed directly 2/
1-month •
.
3-month
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6-month
••••«
Bankers1 acceptances (prime, 90 days) 2/. . • . ,
CDs (secondary market)
""
1-month
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3-month
6-month
•
prime loan (large business prime rate-majority) ,
Discount rate (Federal Reserve Bank of New York).
U.S. government securities
Treasury bills 2/
Auction average (Issue date)

3-month
6-month
1-year

Feb.
26

Feb.
27

Feb.
28

Feb.
29

14.03

14.16

15.76

15.18

16.33

14.62T7

14.87 1/

14.31
14.60
14.54

14.38
14.79
14.57

14.52
14.81
14.69

14.52
14.83
14.75

14.55
14.83
14.84

14.46
14.77
14.68

14.01
14.21
14.11

14.30
13.58
12.88
15.05

14.44
13.76
13.18
15.05

14.48
14.00
13.23
15.05

14.51
14.15
13.45
15.05

14.52
14.15
13.60
15.30

14.45
13.93
13.27
15.10

13.93
12.96
12.55
14.65

14.88
15.33
15.50
*
13.00

14.87
15.49
15f63

14.81
15.53
15.81
*
13.00

14.82
15.41
15.82
*
13.00

15.00
15.47
15.92
16.75
13.00

14.88
15.45
15.74
16.11 1/
13.00 1/

14.47
14.93
15.16
15.39 1/
12.86 1/

13.700
13.629

13.162
13.013

*
13.00

13.700
13.629

1-year

7

13.85
13.86
13.56

13.84
13.88
13.58

13.57
13.72
13.37

14.01
13.99
13.66

13.78
13.82
13.53

13.38
13.34
13.12

. . . . . . . .

15.15
14.62
13.99
13.70
13.49
13.27
12.85
12.69

15.25

15.37
14.82
14.22
14.08
13.90
13.46
12.82
12.76
13.79
13.59
12.93
14.20

15.08
14.41
13.74
13.42
13.12
12.92
12.18
12.29
13.20
13.54
12.92
14.16
3.00

15.45
14.73
14.00
13.48
13.10
12.72
12.12
12.25
13.36
13.52
12.81
14.16

15.24
14.70
14.07
13.76
13.50
13.20
12.59
12.57
13.57
13.54
12.90
14.16

14.71
14.26
13.65
13.22
13.16
12.99
12.79
12.63
13.21
13.18
12.74
13.82
7.60

.

.
•

Coupon issues due in 3 to 5 years 4/
Corporate bonds (Moody s), all Industries

• . . .
See NOTICE .

13.54
13.46
12.86
14.09

14.91
14.42
14.12
13.89
13.65
12.97
12.85
13.96
13.57
12.97
14.18

State and local government Aaa (Moody*s). <
T7 7-dav
7-day average for statement week ended on preceding Wednesday.
Quoted on bank-discount basis.
Yields on actively traded issues adjusted to constant maturities.
Source; U.S. Treasury.
3/
4/ Unweighted average for all issues outstanding.
5/ Rates on the commercial paper placed for firms whose bond rating is Aa or the equivalent.
•
For the period February 22 through February 28 the daily prime rate was a split rate of 16.25-T16.50.

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http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ NOTICE:
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Last
Week

13.65
13.63
13.47

...

f

This
Week

. .«
• . ..

30-year

Aaa
Baa

Feb.
25

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• • • •

Secondary market
3-month
6-month
1-year
Treasury constant maturities J3/
2-year
3-year
5-year
7-year
10-year
20-year

For Immediate Release
March 3, 1980

The 3 to 5-year government yields series will be discontinued after March 1980.

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