Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 79592-79594 [2024-22324]

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• FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79592-79594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22324]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, 
the Report of Selected Money Market Rates (FR 2420; OMB No. 7100-0357).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2420, by any of 
the following methods:
     Agency Website: https://www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the OMB 
number or FR number in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Attn: Ann E. 
Misback, Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M-4775, 2001 C St. NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments are available from the Board's website at 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as 
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons or to remove 
personally identifiable information at the commenter's request. 
Accordingly, comments will not be edited to remove any confidential 
business information, identifying information, or contact information. 
Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper in Room 
M-4365A, 2001 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20551, between 9:00 a.m. and 
5:00 p.m. on weekdays, except for Federal holidays. For security 
reasons, the Board requires that visitors make an appointment to 
inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon 
arrival, visitors will be required to present valid government-issued 
photo identification and to submit to security screening in order to 
inspect and photocopy comments.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal 
Reserve Board, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, [email protected], (202) 
452-3884.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign 
OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or 
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the 
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In 
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board 
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.
    During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed 
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and 
instructions, supporting statement (which contains more detail about 
the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and 
other documentation, will be made available on the Board's public 
website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/review or 
may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears 
above. On the page displayed at the link above, you can find the 
supporting information by referencing the collection identifier, FR 
2420. Final versions of these documents will be made available at 
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if approved.

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The Board invites public comment on the following information 
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on 
respondents,

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including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and
    e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board 
should modify the proposal.

Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, With 
Revision, the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: Report of Selected Money Market Rates.
    Collection identifier: FR 2420.
    OMB control number: 7100-0357.
    General description of collection: The FR 2420 is a transaction-
based report that collects daily liability data on federal funds 
purchased, selected borrowings from non-exempt entities, Eurodollar 
transactions, and time deposits and certificates of deposits from (1) 
domestically chartered commercial banks and savings associations that 
have $18 billion or more in total assets as well as those that have 
total assets above $5 billion but less than $18 billion and meet the 
activity threshold, (2) U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks 
with total third-party assets of $2.5 billion or more, and (3) 
significant banking organizations that are active participants in money 
markets. The FR 2420 also collects daily data on Eurodollar 
transactions from International Banking Facilities (IBFs) of the above-
referenced institutions. The FR 2420 data are used in the publication 
of the Effective Federal Funds Rate and Overnight Bank Funding Rate and 
in analysis of current money market conditions.
    Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to add several fields to the 
FR 2420 reporting form, with supporting information added to the FR 
2420 instructions, to enhance money market monitoring. The Board 
proposes to add Part E to the reporting form to collect information on 
depository institutions' secured borrowings via Federal Home Loan Banks 
(FHLBs) advances with 1 year or less to maturity at origination. An 
additional proposed section of the reporting form, Part F, serves to 
collect information on rates paid by depository institutions for 
certain non-maturity demand deposits by FHLBs. The Board proposes the 
addition of one new item in Part C of the reporting form that would 
denote whether reported time deposits represent brokered transactions. 
The proposed FR 2420 revisions would be effective 12 months after the 
publication of a final notice in the Federal Register, with an 
approximate January 2026 as of date.
    The proposed additions to the FR 2420 align with the Board's 
monetary policy mandate. The proposed additions enhance the Federal 
Reserve's ability to monitor bank funding and money markets, especially 
under changing conditions.
    Domestic banks that are FHLB members rely upon FHLB advances, which 
are loans secured by collateral, as a key source of funding. Short-term 
advances with maturities under one year are a widely used alternative 
to the other wholesale money market sources that are already subject to 
FR 2420 reporting. The Federal Reserve currently lacks the ability to 
monitor advance borrowings by all banks subject to FR 2420 reporting 
with data on the interest rates paid on advances or on dollar volumes 
of borrowings at a higher frequency than quarterly. In addition, the 
Federal Reserve currently lacks the ability to monitor volumes and 
rates for FHLBs' interest-bearing deposits. These deposits represent a 
significant dollar volume as compared to the other unsecured funding 
types currently subject to FR 2420 data collection.

Reporting Form Revisions

    The Board proposes to add items to the FR 2420 reporting form to 
collect information on brokered deposits, short-term FHLB advances, and 
interest-bearing non-maturity deposits placed by FHLBs.
    The Board proposes to add a field to the existing Part C of FR 2420 
to denote which reported time deposits represent brokered transactions.
    The proposed Part E of the reporting form concerns FHLB advances 
with an original maturity of one year or less. The reporting form 
fields in Part E would be similar to other data for term instruments 
reported on the FR 2420. Specifically, covered institutions would be 
required to report the dollar amount, origination date, settlement 
date, maturity date, interest rate, day-count convention, the interest 
rate adjusted for estimated FHLB dividends, whether the advance is 
fixed- or floating-rate, whether the advance is amortizing, and whether 
there are embedded options. For floating-rate advances, the spread, 
reference rate, and reset period would be required. Respondents would 
report on each business day their outstanding FHLB advances with an 
original maturity of one year or less.
    The proposed Part F of the reporting form concerns interest-bearing 
demand deposits from FHLBs. The proposed additional reporting form 
fields in Part F include the dollar amount (i.e., account balance), 
trade date, interest rate, and day-count convention, reported for each 
business day.

Instruction Revisions

    Proposed instruction changes provide guidance to covered 
institutions on how to report the proposed items pertaining to brokered 
deposits, FHLB advances, and deposits by FHLBs. Specific reporting 
instruction sections are included for FHLB advances and demand deposits 
by FHLBs, and related definitions are added to the glossary.
    Proposed additional instructions for time deposits in Part C 
include directions to specify a pre-set value for whether a time 
deposit transaction is brokered or not. Brokered deposits follow the 
existing definition in the FR 2420 glossary. In addition, references to 
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) among reference rates in Part C 
are removed in the proposed revisions, as the production of U.S. dollar 
LIBOR will have ceased by the proposed implementation date for the 
revisions.
    The instructions regarding FHLB advances in Part E are generally 
consistent with those for other parts of the FR 2420. For FHLB advances 
with under one year to maturity at origination, respondents are 
directed to report the dollar amount of the advance, date on which the 
advance is originated, date on which funds settle, interest rate, 
interest rate adjusted for estimated FHLB dividends received by the 
institution, interest-rate spread for floating-rate advances, and 
maturity date of the advance. The instructions specify pre-set values 
for the interest rate's day-count convention, whether the interest rate 
is fixed or floating, reset period for floating-rate advances, 
reference rate used for floating-rate advances, whether the advance is 
amortizing or non-amortizing, and any embedded options in the advance. 
Institutions are directed to report outstanding advances each business 
day.
    The instructions pertaining to the proposed Part F specify that 
only interest-bearing demand deposits by FHLBs should be reported. The 
term ``demand deposits'' is defined in the glossary. Instructions are 
provided directing institutions to report the dollar amount (i.e., end-
of-day account balance in dollars), trade date, interest rate, and day-
count convention for each business day.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Respondents: Commercial banks, savings associations, U.S. branches 
and agencies of foreign banks, IBFs, and

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significant banking organizations representing entities actively 
participating in the federal funds and/or other money markets.
    Total estimated number of respondents: 277.
    Total estimated change in burden: 14,000.
    Total estimated annual burden hours: 133,825.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 25, 
2024.
Benjamin W. McDonough,
Deputy Secretary and Ombuds of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-22324 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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