# Cover ratio (also referred to in German as Deckungsquote)

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## Definition

In an open market operation, the ratio of the volume of banks' total offers to the central bank's allotment volume. - See tender, underbidding, variable rate tender procedure, allotment amount, allotment rate, marginal, allotment procedure, sches, allotment procedure, Dutch. - Cf. Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report, August 2009, p. 29 (cover ratio during the financial crisis). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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