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Securities Lending
The Bank provides a secondary and temporary source of securities to the Treasury financing market through a Securities Lending program to promote smooth clearing of Treasury securities. The program offers securities for loan from the System Open Market Account (SOMA) portfolio in accordance with program terms and conditions. Securities loans are awarded to primary dealers based on competitive bidding in an auction held each business day at noon eastern standard time.
 
Securities Lending Transaction Volume
Par value of securities lent per trading day ($ billions)
Securities Lending transaction volume chart - please call 212-720-6130 for more information.
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Securities Lending Operations
View the details of the most recent securities lending operations, updated every trading day.
Note: Contact general.info@ny.frb.org for historical data.
 
News and Announcements
Change in Minimum Fee Rate for SOMA Securities Lending Program
December 17, 2008
Changes to SOMA Securities Lending Program
October 8, 2008
Changes to Dealer Limits for SOMA Securities Lending Program
September 23, 2008
Changes to Dealer Limits for SOMA Securities Lending Program
September 23, 2008
Statement Regarding Securities Available for Daily Securities Lending Program
August 22, 2008
Statement Regarding Change In Limits For SOMA Securities Lending Program
November 26, 2007
Change in Minimum Fee Rate for SOMA Securities Lending Program
August 21, 2007
New Features for Data on Securities Lending
December 11, 2006
 
Research Highlights
ResearchWhen the Back Office Moved to the Front Burner: Settlement Fails in the Treasury Market after 9/11
Examines the institutional and economic settling of the fails problem that affected the Treasury market following September 11 and describes how the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury responded.
Economic Policy Review 8 (2), November 2002
Securities Lending Transactions: Market Development and Implications OFFSITE
Presents an overview of securities lending markets and discusses the implications of securities lending activities for market participants, securities clearance and settlement systems, and securities regulators and central banks.
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, No. 32 July 1999