Banks trim back overnight ECB deposits

Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:21am EDT

 FRANKFURT, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Banks trimmed the amount of
money they deposited at the European Central Bank, figures on
Friday showed, as they continued to juggle their funding during
the early stages of the ECB's latest reserves period.
 The central bank reported the following daily data on
liquidity provision, in millions of euros. Click ECB40 for
full details.
                                     TODAY    PREV DAY
 Use of overnight loan facility           620           0
 Use of overnight deposit facility     40,519      44,328
 Covered bond purchase programme       61,109      61,109
 
 In June the ECB said it had completed its year-long covered
bond buying programme. [ID:nLDE65T1JZ] The total amount
purchased occasionally fluctuates due to valuation issues.
 For details of previous ECB overnight lending operations,
see:
here
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 For graphic of euro zone liquidity levels click
 here
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 (Reporting by Frankfurt newsroom)
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