Term Fed funds

Fed funds sold for a period of time longer than overnight.

Term Fed Funds

Federal funds that a bank borrows for a period of more than one day. Generally speaking, term fed funds have a maximum maturity of 90 days. Banks borrow term fed funds when they need to borrow funds for an extended (but still short-term) period of time and wish to lock in a low interest rate.

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Gurkaynak Sack, and Swanson [2007] studied several different money market instruments--including term Fed funds rates, Fed funds futures, Eurodollar rates, Eurodollar futures, Treasury Bills, and commercial paper--to determine which is best for measuring monetary policy expectations.