Description of the file in the INTRATE folder.

FOLDER NAME:  Intrate
Includes one file with monthly yield on U.S. Treasury 
Securities.

FILE NAME:
Monyld.xls - Monthly yield on U.S. Treasury Securities.

DESCRIPTION OF DATA SET:
U.S. Treasury Securities interest rates by month for 3 month,
6 month and 1 year bills, 2,3,5,7 and 10 year notes and 30 
year bonds. Data covers 15 years from March 1977 to February
1993. 

SOURCE OF DATA SET:
Chase Manhattan Bank.

NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS: 204

VARIABLES IN THE FILES: Variable name and description 

date - Month and year to which data applies
bill3mo - Interest rate for three month U.S.Treasury bill
bill6mo - Interest rate for six month U.S.Treasury bill
bill1yr - Interest rate for one year U.S.Treasury bill
note2yr - Interest rate for two year U.S.Treasury note
note3yr - Interest rate for three year U.S.Treasury note
note5yr - Interest rate for five year U.S.Treasury note 
note7yr - Interest rate for seven year U.S.Treasury note
note10yr - Interest rate for ten year U.S.Treasury note
bond30yr - Interest rate for thirty year U.S.Treasury bond

COLUMN HEADINGS AND FIRST FOUR RECORDS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE
FILE: (from Monyld.xls)

date   bill3mo bill6mo bill1yr note2yr note3yr note5yr note7yr 
3/1/77    4.73    5.08     5.5    6.09    6.47    6.93     7.2     
4/1/77    4.66    4.98    5.44    5.96    6.31    6.79    7.11     
5/1/77    5.07    5.41    5.84    6.25    6.55    6.94    7.26 (cont.)    

note10yr bond30yr
    7.46      7.8
    7.37     7.73
    7.46      7.8