U.K. MONEY MARKET GIVEN FURTHER 168 MLN STG HELP

  The Bank of England said it provided the
  money market with a further 168 mln stg of assistance to help
  offset a shortage it now estimated at 1.05 billion stg, revised
  down from 1.10 billion.
      It bought 21 mln stg of bank bills outright, 20 mln in band
  one at 10-3/8 pct and one mln in band two at 10-5/16 pct. In
  addition, it bought 98 mln stg of bills for resale on March 30
  and 49 mln stg for resale April 8 at an interest rate of
  10-7/16 pct. All these rates are the same as for today's
  earlier help.
      So far today, the bank has provided the market with
  assistance worth 646 mln stg.
      The bank also announced the rates applicable to temporary
  lending facilities rolled over today.
      The average mid-market rate for lending rolled over for one
  week is 10-15/16 pct and for two weeks 10-5/8 pct.
  

