On Oct. 19, 2009, 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: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $39.566 billion Total propositions accepted: $39.566 billion Bid/cover ratio: 0.53 Number of bidders: 83 The awarded loans will settle on Oct. 22, 2009, and will mature on Nov. 19, 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 Oct. 20, 2009. Participants have until 12:30 p.m. EDT on Oct. 20, 2009, to inform their local Reserve Bank of any error.