May 20, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on May 19, 2008
For release at 10:00 a.m. EDT
On May 19, 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: | 2.100 percent |
| Total propositions submitted: | $84.438 billion |
| Total propositions accepted: | $75.000 billion |
| Bid/cover ratio: | 1.13 |
| Number of bidders: | 75 |
Bids at the stop-out rate were prorated at 71.65% 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 May 22, 2008, and will mature on June 19, 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 May 20, 2008. Participants have until 3:00 p.m. EDT on May 20, 2008, to inform their local Reserve Bank of any error.