Fed funds rate holds at 0.13 percent

A tour bus passes the United States Federal Reserve Board building (rear) in Washington October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. federal funds rate <USONFFE=>, which banks charge each other to borrow their excess reserves, averaged 0.13 percent on Friday for a fourth straight day, Fed data released early Monday showed.

The fed funds rate, which the Federal Reserve targets to achieve its rate objective, traded in a range of 0.05 percent to 0.3125 percent, matching the range set in the previous five sessions.

(Reporting by Richard Leong)