On December 4, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding amendments to Regulation A. The proposed amendments would revise the provisions with regard to the establishment of the primary credit rate at the discount window in a financial emergency. Under the proposal, the primary credit rate in a financial emergency will be the target federal funds rate, or, the top of the target range, if the Federal Open Market Committee has established a target range for the federal funds rate. The Federal Reserve Board also proposes to delete provisions that relate to the use of credit ratings for collateral for extensions of credit under the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility to reflect the expiration of this program. Comments on the proposal are due on January 8.

The notice of proposed rulemaking is available at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12-08/pdf/2017-26465.pd f.

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