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Federal Reserve issues final rules reflecting credit and interest rate increases

Agency Rule-Making & Guidance Federal Reserve Federal Register Regulation A Regulation D

Agency Rule-Making & Guidance

On June 20, the Federal Reserve issued a final rule amending Regulation A (Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks) to reflect its June 14 approval of a one-quarter percent increase in the primary credit rate at each Federal Reserve Bank. Because the formula for the secondary credit rate references the primary rate, the secondary credit rate also increased by one-quarter percentage point.

The same day, the Federal Reserve also issued a final rule amending Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) to reflect its June 14 approval of a one-quarter percent increase to the “rate of interest paid on balances maintained to satisfy reserve balance requirements (IORR) and the rate of interest paid on excess balances (IOER) maintained at Federal Reserve Banks by or on behalf of eligible institutions.”