Banks tap Fed Standing Repo Facility in record numbers amid month-end pressures

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 10/31/25 02:00 PM EDT

NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve loaned a record level of cash from its Standing Repo Facility Friday as short-term funding markets navigated month end pressures.

In the second of two operations, the Standing Repo Facility lent $30 billion to eligible financial firms, after lending $20.35 billion in an SRF operation earlier in the day. Month end often brings volatile and transitory needs for liquidity from market participants. (Reporting by Michael S. Derby; editing by Diane Craft)

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