1.   Analysts also said German banks have bid less aggressively in government bond sales recently, ahead of an expected transformation in the way government bonds are auctioned next year.

2.   Analysts said they expect banks to bid down the repo rate gradually during the first quarter, keeping hopes for another interest-rate cut alive.

3.   At fixed-rate auctions, banks bid only for the amount of funds they require.

4.   Foreign banks bid to pay fixed rates in exchange for receiving no less than the variable London interbank offered rate.

5.   Freeing the repo rate to float would allow banks to bid the rate lower in times of ample liquidity.

6.   He said that, at most, the bank might bid on a few Massachusetts branches.

7.   In a Dutch auction, banks would bid on securities and get the lowest rate needed to sell them all.

8.   In the auctions, banks bid at a range of interest rates.

9.   In variable-rate repos, banks bid at a range of interest rates.

10.   In variable-rate auctions, banks bid at a range of interest rates.