Term Securities Lending Facility

In addition to the daily Securities Lending program, the Bank provides Treasury general collateral financing through the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF) and TSLF Options Program (TOP) to promote liquidity in Treasury and other collateral markets and thus foster the functioning of financial markets more generally. Weekly TSLF auctions offer Treasury securities held by the System Open Market Account (SOMA) for loan over a one-month term against program-eligible general collateral. The TOP offers options to borrow Treasury securities against program-eligible collateral over a short term that crosses key financing dates. Securities loans and options on securities loans are awarded to primary dealers based on competitive single-price auctions.