Llevando el total inyectado hasta el momento a más de un BILLON ($1,000,000,000,000) de dólares puesto a disposición de las bolsas más importantes del mundo, y ni con estas acciones la crisis parece ceder, al contrario, todo indica que viviremos tiempos muy duros en los siguientes meses.
Fed Has Auctioned Another $20B in Funds to Commercial Banks to Combat Credit Crunch
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve, working to combat the effects of a severe credit crunch, announced Friday it had auctioned another $20 billion in funds to commercial banks at an interest rate of 4.67 percent. Fed officials pledged to continue with the auctions "for as long as necessary.
he central bank said it had received bids for $57.7 billion worth of loans, nearly three times the amount being offered, indicating continued strong interest in the Fed's new approach to providing money to cash-strapped banks.It was the second of four scheduled auctions. The first auction, on Monday, of $20 billion resulted in loans being awarded at an interest rate of 4.65 percent. There were 93 bidders seeking $63.6 billion at the first auction and 73 at the second.
Two more auctions will occur in early January. In a statement Friday, the central bank said it would continue with further auctions "for as long as necessary to address elevated pressures in short-term funding markets."
The new auction process was announced by the Fed last week in a coordinated action with central banks around the world trying to address a global credit crunch.
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