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The sale's bid-cover ratio was 1.75, up from 1.73 in the Dec. 18 auction. The T-bills were priced to yield 4.07 percent, down from 4.11 percent in the previous sale.
Monthly T-bill sales are Greece's sole source of market funding to roll over previous issues.
Greek banks traditionally buy the bulk of the T-bill issues, meaning funding costs do not fully reflect strains on the economy from the country's debt crisis. Banks can deposit the bills as collateral with Greece's central bank to receive funding.
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