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41Federal Reserve responses to the subprime crisis — The U.S. central banking system, the Federal Reserve, in partnership with central banks around the world, has taken several steps to address the crisis. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stated in early 2008: Broadly, the Federal Reserve’s… …
42Online travel auction — An online travel auction is a system of buying and selling travel products and services online by proffering them up for bid and then awarding the item to the highest bidder. As with a standard (offline) auction, the bidders, having made a… …
43Dutch Auction — 1. A public offering auction structure in which the price of the offering is set after taking in all bids and determining the highest price at which the total offering can be sold. In this type of auction, investors place a bid for the amount… …
44Absolute Auction — A type of auction where the sale is awarded to the highest bidder. Absolute auctions do not have a reserve price which sets a minimum required bid for the item to be sold. One type of absolute auction relates to foreclosed properties, where the… …
45Term Auction Facility - TAF — A monetary policy program used by the Federal Reserve to help increase liquidity in the U.S. credit markets. TAF allows the Federal Reserve to auction set amounts of collateral backed short term loans to depository institutions that are judged to …
46Treasury Automated Auction Processing System - TAAPS — A computer network system developed by the Federal Reserve (and facilitated by its banks) to process the tenders received for treasury securities. The treasury securities are traded through an auction process in the primary market. Tenders are… …
47Lender Confirmation Auction — A type of foreclosure auction where the highest bid must be approved and accepted by the lender (usually the bank). Lender confirmation auctions are opposed to an absolute auction, where the winning bid gets the property. The property is… …
48absolute auction — ➔ auction1 * * * absolute auction UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE an auction (= type of sale) where something is sold to the person who offers the most money, and does not have a reserve price (= minimum sale price): »Although the seller was… …
49French auction — A French auction ( Offre à Prix Minimal , formerly Mise en Vente ) is a uniform price auction used for pricing initial public offerings in France.In this offering, the firm announces a minimum (reserve) price. Investors place sealed bids for… …
50without reserve — A term applied to a sale by auction, indicating that no price is reserved …
