Press Release
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Release Date: November 25, 2008
For release at 10:00 a.m. EST
On November 24, 2008, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $150 billion in 13-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. This was a forward auction designed to provide term funding over year-end--the awarded loans will settle on December 23, 2008. Following are the results of the auction:
Stop-out rate: | 0.380 percent |
Total propositions submitted: | $31.075 billion |
Total propositions accepted: | $31.075 billion |
Bid/cover ratio: | 0.21 |
Number of bidders: | 16 |
The awarded loans will mature on January 5, 2009. The stop-out rate shown above will apply to all awarded loans.
Institutions that submitted winning bids will be contacted by their respective Reserve Banks by 11:30 a.m. EST on November 25, 2008. Participants have until 12:30 p.m. EST on November 25, 2008, to inform their local Reserve Bank of any error.
Last update:
November 25, 2008