Regulations Implementing the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act

Document 2023-00213 is a Final Rule published by the Federal Reserve System in the Federal Register on January 26, 2023, with an effective date of February 27, 2023. The Board is adopting a final rule (final rule) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act. The final rule establishes benchmark replacements for contracts governed by U.S. law that reference certain tenors of U.S. dollar LIBOR (the overnight and one-, three-, six-, and 12-month tenors) and that do not have terms that provide for the use of a clearly defined and practicable replacement benchmark rate following the first London banking day after June 30, 2023. The final rule also provides additional definitions and clarifications consistent with the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/26/2023-00213/regulations-implementing-the-adjustable-interest-rate-libor-act.

No. Document 2023-00213 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.