June 03, 2008

Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on June 2, 2008

For release at 10:00 a.m. EDT

On June 2, 2008, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction:

Stop-out rate: 2.26 percent
     
Total propositions submitted: $95.914 billion
Total propositions accepted: $75.000 billion
Bid/cover ratio: 1.28
     
Number of bidders: 73

Bids at the stop-out rate were prorated at 48.47% and resulting awards were rounded to the nearest $10,000 (except that all awards below $10,000 are rounded up to $10,000).

The awarded loans will settle on June 5, 2008, and will mature on July 3, 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 noon EDT on June 3, 2008. Participants have until 3:00 p.m. EDT on June 3, 2008, to inform their local Reserve Bank of any error.

Last Update: June 03, 2008