Federal Reserve System September 26, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Leverage Capital Guidelines
Document Number: E8-22702
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-09-26
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
To reduce liquidity and other strains being experienced by money market mutual funds, the Federal Reserve System adopted on September 19, 2008, a special lending facility (ABCP Lending Facility) that enables depository institutions and bank holding companies to borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on a nonrecourse basis if they use the proceeds of the loan to purchase certain types of asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) from money market mutual funds. To facilitate this Federal Reserve lending program, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) also has adopted, on an interim final basis, an exemption from its leverage and risk-based capital rules for ABCP held by a state member bank or bank holding company as a result of its participation in this program.
Transactions Between Member Banks and Their Affiliates: Exemption for Certain Purchases of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper by a Member Bank From an Affiliate
Document Number: E8-22701
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-09-26
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
To reduce liquidity and other strains being experienced by money market mutual funds, the Federal Reserve System adopted on September 19, 2008, a special lending facility that enables depository institutions and bank holding companies to borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on a non-recourse basis if they use the proceeds of the loan to purchase certain types of asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) from money market mutual funds (ABCP Lending Facility). To facilitate use of the ABCP Lending Facility by member banks, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) also has adopted, on an interim final basis, regulatory exemptions for member banks from certain provisions of sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and the Board's Regulation W. The exemptions would increase the capacity of a member bank to purchase ABCP from affiliated money market mutual funds in connection with the ABCP Lending Facility.
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