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Fed Bank Bailout Program Borrowing Surged In November
• https://www.zerohedge.com by Michael Maharreyotal outstanding loans in the Federal Reserve's bank bailout program jumped by just over $5 billion in November.
There was a sudden spike in banks tapping into the bailout program during the first week of the month with financial institutions borrowing $3.87 billion from the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP). There was another surge in borrowing between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22, according to Fed data.
As of Nov. 22, there was $114.1 billion in outstanding loans in the BTFP bank bailout program.