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Effective Date: Regulation Implementing the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act

AGENCY:

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board).

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

The Board is adopting a final rule (final rule) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act. The final rule establishes benchmark replacements for contracts governed by U.S. law that reference certain tenors of U.S. dollar LIBOR (the overnight and one-, three-, six-, and 12-month tenors) and that do not have terms that provide for the use of a clearly defined and practicable replacement benchmark rate following the first London banking day after June 30, 2023. The final rule also provides additional definitions and clarifications consistent with the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act.

DATES:

The final rule is effective February 27, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Bowman, Senior Associate Director, 202-452-2334, Division of Monetary Affairs; Lucy Chang, Special Counsel, 202-475-6331, or Cody Gaffney, Senior Attorney, 202-452-2674, both of the Legal Division; or Lesley Chao, Lead Financial Institution Policy Analyst, 202-974-7063, Division of Supervision and Regulation. For users of TTY-TRS, please call 711 from any telephone, anywhere in the United States.

  • February 27, 2023
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