August 2017Transmittal 438
Effective: 8/1/2017
Monetary Policy and Reserve Requirements Regulation A
The Board has adopted final amendments to its Regulation A (Extensions
of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks) to reflect the Board’s approval
of an increase in the rate for primary credit at each Federal Reserve
Bank.
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The
secondary credit rate at each Reserve Bank automatically increased
by formula as a result of the Board’s primary credit rate action.
The final rule is effective June 26, 2017 (Regulation A at 2-001,
Docket R-1565), the same day it was published in the Federal Register. The rate changes for primary and secondary credit were applicable
on June 15, 2017. Regulation D
The Board is amending Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository
Institutions) to revise 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.
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The final rule specifies that
IORR is 1.25 percent and IOER is 1.25 percent, a 0.25 percentage point
increase from their prior levels. The amendments are intended to enhance
the role of such rates of interest in moving the federal funds rate
into the target range established by the Federal Open Market Committee.
The final rule is effective June 26, 2017 (Regulation D at 2-122,
Docket R-1566), the same day it was published in the Federal Register. The IORR and IOER rate changes were applicable on June 15, 2017. Banks and Banking Guidance
The
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), on behalf
of its members, revised the Uniform Interagency Consumer Compliance
Rating System, more commonly known as the CC Rating System.
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The agencies comprising
the FFIEC are the Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union
Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and
the State Liaison Committee (collectively, “the agencies”). The FFIEC
promotes compliance with federal consumer protection laws and regulations
through each agency’s supervisory and outreach programs.
The CC Rating System revisions reflect the
regulatory, examination (supervisory), technological, and market changes
that have occurred in the years since the original rating system was
established in 1980.
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The revisions are designed to better reflect current consumer
compliance supervisory approaches and to more fully align the CC Rating
System with the agencies’ current risk-based, tailored examination
processes (Guidance, Rating Systems at 3-1576).