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Press Release

Federal Reserve Press Release

Release Date: November 18, 2008

For release at 10:00 a.m. EST

On November 17, 2008, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction:

Stop-out rate: 0.510 percent
     
Total propositions submitted: $104.478 billion
Total propositions accepted: $104.478 billion
Bid/cover ratio: 0.70
     
Number of bidders: 80

The awarded loans will settle on November 20, 2008, and will mature on December 18, 2008. 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 18, 2008. Participants have until 12:30 p.m. EST on November 18, 2008, to inform their local Reserve Bank of any error.

 
Last update: November 18, 2008