Full text of H.15 Selected Interest Rates : September 3, 1974
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FEDERAL \°f/ RESERVE statistical release • f«AL R E ^ .' H, 15 U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY YIELDS AND PRICES Calendar week ending August 31, 1974 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 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 \J Aug. 29 Aug. 30 9.908 9.930 Week .V Average Last This Year *ago week week 9.908 9.930 8.846 8.899 8.668 8.577 9.61 9.80 9.55 9.72 9.72 9.43 9.59 9.67 9.41 9.02 9.43 9.33 8.93 9.42 9.19 9.37 9.61 9.38 9.29 9.41 9.25 8.62 8.58 8.22 10.12 9.9 5 9.92 9.86 9.80 9.93 9.71 8.53 Issues, due in 3-5 years 2/ Bonds, due or callable in 10 years or more 3/ 8.77 8.71 8.70 8.65 8.60 8.69 8.69 7.35 7.38 7.37 7.36 7.35 7.32 7.36 7.30 6.62 Prices Bonds, due or callable in 10 years or more 4/ 54.58 54.65 54.72 54.79 55.00 54.75 55.13 60.17 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 September 1, 1973. 1/ Includes only the 5-7/8 per cent note of August 15, 1975. 2_/ Currently includes the following notes: 6-1/4 per cent of 2/15/78 8-3/4 per cent of 8/15/78 3/ Currently 3-1/4 per 6-1/8 per 3-1/2 per 4-1/4 per 4 per 6-3/4 per 6 per cent of 11/15/78 6-1/4 per cent of 8/15/79 includes the following bonds due or callable in 10 years or more: 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 cent of 1993 8-1/2 per cent of 1994-99 t*J Prices derived from average market yield;; on the basis of an assumed 3 per cent , 20-year bond. GOVERNMENT FINANCE SECTION, FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEPTEMBER 3, 1974