WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that with pressure mounting again in financial markets, it was expanding a securities lending program and will accept a broader range of securities as collateral."Under this new Term Sercurities Lending Facility (TSLF), the Federal Reserve will lend up to $200 billion of Treasury securities to primary dealers secured for a term of 28 days...by a pledge of other securities, including federal agency debt, federal agency residential-mortgage-backed securiies (MBS), and non-agency AAA/Aaa-rated private-label residential MBS," the Fed said in a statement.(Reporting by Glenn Somerville, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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