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Transmittal 438
August 2017

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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. More... 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. More... 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. More... 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. More... 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).

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