Fannie Mae sells $2 bln bills at higher rates
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the largest U.S. home funding source, said on Wednesday it sold $1.0 billion of three-month benchmark bills due Oct. 14, 2009 at a stop-out rate, or lowest accepted rate, of 0.209 percent and $1.0 billion of six-month bills due January 13, 2010 at a 0.295 percent stop-out rate.
At last week's sale, the agency sold $500 million in bills in its smallest bill auction to date.
The three-month bills were priced at 99.947 and have a money market yield of 0.209 percent, while the six-month bills were priced at 99.851 with a money market yield of 0.295 percent, according to Fannie Mae.
Settlement is July 15-16. (Reporting by Camille Drummond; Editing by Theodore d'Afflisio)
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