1.   It is known as a repo rate because it is equivalent to a repurchase agreement with the futures market.

2.   The implied repo rates for all the remaining eligible bonds can be calculated in the same way.

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

4.   Any further cuts in the repo rate would likely be interpreted as a precursor to a cut in the discount rate.

5.   As a rule, the French central bank pegs its intervention rate to the German repo rate.

6.   As a rule, though, the French central bank as a rule pegs its intervention rate to the German repo rate.

7.   At variable-rate auctions, banks are able to bid down the repo rate if their stock of reserves is sufficient.

8.   Banks sell government bonds to the Bundesbank, which in turn lends banks money for two weeks at the repo rate.

9.   Banks sell government bonds to the Bundesbank, which in return lends banks funds for two weeks at the repo rate.

10.   Banks sell government bonds to the Bundesbank, which in turn loans banks funds for two weeks at the repo rate.