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HP-1144: Treasury Announces Supplementary Financing Program

 
September 17, 2008
HP-1144
Treasury Announces Supplementary Financing Program
Washington- The Federal Reserve has announced a series of lending and liquidity
initiatives during the past several quarters intended to address heightened liquidity
pressures in the financial market, including enhancing its liquidity facilities this
week.  To manage the balance sheet impact of these efforts, the Federal Reserve
has taken a number of actions, including redeeming and selling securities from the
System Open Market Account portfolio.
The Treasury Department announced today the initiation of a temporary
Supplementary Financing Program at the request of the Federal Reserve.  The
program will consist of a series of Treasury bills, apart from Treasury's current
borrowing program, which will provide cash for use in the Federal Reserve
initiatives.
Announcements of and participation in auctions conducted under the
Supplementary Financing Program will be governed by existing Treasury auction
rules.  Treasury will provide as much advance notification as possible regarding the
timing, size, and maturity of any bills auctioned for Supplementary Financing
Program purposes.
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