Euro bank boost bought up quickly
The European Central Bank's first-ever emergency injection of three-month funds was swamped with demand from banks yesterday, but brought little relief to an interbank lending market beset by credit worries. Euro zone banks snapped up the 40 billion euros, or $57 billion (Canadian), in funding after bidding for more than three times the amount on offer, as the ECB tried to reduce borrowing costs in a market hit by the global credit squeeze.
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