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Press Release

Federal Reserve Press Release

Release Date: May 5, 2009

For release at 10:00 a.m. EDT

On May 4, 2009, 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: 0.250 percent
     
Total propositions submitted: $131.562 billion
Total propositions accepted: $131.562 billion
Bid/cover ratio: 0.88
     
Number of bidders: 124

The awarded loans will settle on May 7, 2009, and will mature on June 4, 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. EDT on May 5, 2009. Participants have until 12:30 p.m. EDT on May 5, 2009, to inform their local Reserve Bank of any error.

 
Last update: May 5, 2009