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FEDERAL

RESERVE

statistical
H. 15

l\ S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY YIELDS AND PRICES
Calendar week ending September 22, 1973

Sept
17

Sept

Sept
19

18

Market Yields:
3 - m o n t h bills
6 - m o n t h bills
1-year bills
Other issues, due in
9 - 1 2 months _1 /
Issues, due in 3 - 5
years 2/
B o n d s , due or callable
in 10 years or more 3/
~
Prices
B o n d s , due or callable
in 10 years or more 4/
Note:

Sept
21

Sept
20

Yields (per cent per annum)
Auction Average:
3 - m o n t h bills
6 - m o n t h bills
j

*

release

8.786
8.832 :

8.70
8.79
; 8.27

' 8.68
: 8.58
8.16

8.55
8.57

( 8.81
j
j 7.20
I
'
, 6.49
I
i
j
!
61.22

8.28

8.786
8.832

8.16

8.50
7.99

7.69
8.15
7.90

8.60

8,60

8.52

' 7.11

7.15

!

6.44

6.44

I
I
!
'61.62

W e e k l y average
This
Las t
Year
week
week
ago*

016
921

8.38
8.52

4.633
5.097

8.10

.94
.97
.45

4.66
5.14
5.46

8.41

8.59

.79

5.48

i 7.07

6.99

7.10

.45

6.15

; 6.42

6.36

6.43

.52

5.70

'62.28

161.70
I

61.00

68.01

i

61.62

161.78
!

Yields are a v e r a g e s of those computed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
on the basis of c l o s i n g bid prices.
Yields on Treasury b i l l s are computed on
a bank d i s c o u n t b a s i s .

A s of September 23, 1972.

1/

Currently

includes only

2/

Currently includes the following notes:
6 - 1 / 4 per cent of 11/15/76
8
per cent of 2/15/77

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
cent of
cent of
cent of
cent of
cent of
cent of

4/

Prices derived

the 5-5/8 per cent note of August

15,

1974.

7-3/4 per cent of 8/15/77
6 - 1 / 4 per cent of 2/15/78

the following bonds due or callable
1984
6 - 3 / 4 per
1985
7-1/2 per
1986
4 - 1 / 8 per
1990
3
per
1987-92
7
per
1988-93
3-1/2 per

in 10 years or more:
cent of 1993
cent of 1988-93
cent of 1989-94
cent of 1995
cent of 1993-98
cent of 1998

from average market yields on the basis of an assumed

3 per cent

20-year bond .
GOVERNMENT F I N A N C E S E C T I O N , FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

September 24, 1973