View original document

The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.

FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
SELECTED INTEREST RATES
(Yields in percent per annum)
Calendar week ending March 29, 1980

H.15(519)

Instruments
Federal funds (effective rate)
Commercial paper 2j5_l
1-month
3-month
6-month
Finance paper placed directly 27
1-month
3-month
6-month
Bankers' 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
Secondary market
3-month . . . .
6-month
1-year
Treasury constant maturities 3/
1-year
2-year
3-year
'
5-year
7-year
10-year
20-year
30-year
Coupon issues due in 3 to 5 years 4/ See NOTICE

For Immediate Release
March 31, 1980

March
24
17.92

March
25
17.72

March
26
18.96

March
27
19.04

March
28
19.71

This
Last
Week
_We_ek^
17.78 1/ 16.24 1/

16.41
16.71
16.59

16.71
16.98
16.78

16.49
16.94
16.63

16.57
16.98
16.64

16.86
17.13
16.88

16.61
16.95
16.70

16.84
17.04
16.70

15.18
15.38
14.70
17.35

16.61
15.40
15.00
17.18

16.56
15.38
15.00
17.10

16.55
15.49
15.10
17.30

16.82
15.50
15.10
17.50

16.34
15.43
14.98
17.29

16.48
15.50
14.69
17.22

17.01
17.80
18.06
19.00
13.00

16.96
17.91
18.11
19.00
13.00

16.52
17.58
17.87
19.00
13.00

16.81
17.83
18.09
19.00
13.00

16.89
17.89
18.24
19.50
13.00

16.84
17.80
18.07
19.00 1/
13.00 1/

16.97
17.82
17.90
18.46 1/
13.00 1/

16.532
15.700

15.053
14.950

16.532
15.700
15.93
15.59
14.57

16.00
15.62
14.48

15.93
15.64
14.58

15.12
15.20
14.18

14.75
15.06
14.14

15.55
15.42
14.39

14.76
14.83
13.89

16.36
15.36
14.53
14.03
13.50
13.17
12.86
12.69

16.23
15.19
14.41
14.00
13.45
13.10
12.89
12.67

16.47
15.26
14^40
13.87
13.26
13.03
12.72
12.56

16.11
15.11
14.25
13.75
13.24
12.97
12.69
12.50

16.06
14.89
13.96
13.50
12.96
12.72
12.40
12.35

16.25
15.16
14.31
13.83
13.28
13.00
12.71
12.55

15.58
14 . 72
13.86
13.21
12.76
12.54
12.29
12. 13

13.90

13.82

13.71

13.63

13.36

13.68

13.16

13.77
12.98
14,56

13.82
12.96
14.59

13.87
12.97
14.64

13.96
13.06
14.75
8.25

13.95
13.01
14.80

13.87
13.00
14.67
8.25

13.68
12,83
14.45
8.25

Corporate bonds (Moody's), all industries
Aaa
Baa
State and local government Aaa (Moody's). . . . . . .
\J 7-day average for statement week ended on preceding WednesdayT"
2/ Quoted on bank-discount basis.
3/ Yields on actively traded issues adjusted to constant maturities.
Source: U.S, Treasury.
£/ Unweighted average for all issues outstanding.
5/ Rates on the commercial paper placed for firms whose bond rating is Aa or the equivalent.
NOTICE:



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