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Final rule--amendment to Regulation A. (Legal Developments).


The Board of Governors is amending 12 C.F.R. Part 201, its Regulation A and D (Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks). The Board is publishing final amendments to Regulation A to reflect its approval of the initial interest rates for extensions of primary and secondary credit. The amendments also correct a typographical error typographical error - (typo) An error while inputting text via keyboard, made despite the fact that the user knows exactly what to type in. This usually results from the operator's inexperience at keyboarding, rushing, not paying attention, or carelessness.

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. These amendments supersede To obliterate, replace, make void, or useless.

Supersede means to take the place of, as by reason of superior worth or right. A recently enacted statute that repeals an older law is said to supersede the prior legislation.
 the text of one section of the final rule that the Board approved on October October: see month.  31, 2002, and published in the Federal Register on January January: see month.  9, 2003. The new primary and secondary credit rates do not indicate a change in the stance of monetary policy.

Effective January 9, 2003, 12 C.F.R. Part 201 is amended a·mend  
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v.tr.
1. To change for the better; improve: amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive.

2.
 as follows:

Part 201--Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks (Regulation A)

1. The authority citation Citation

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 for Part 201 is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 248(i)-(j), 343 et seq et seq. (et seek) n. abbreviation for the Latin phrase et sequentes meaning "and the following." It is commonly used by lawyers to include numbered lists, pages or sections after the first number is stated, as in "the rules of the road are found in Vehicle Code ., 347a, 347b, 347c, 348 et seq., 357, 374, 374a, and 461.

2. Section 201.51(a) through (c) are revised to read as follows:

Section 201.51--Interest rates applicable to credit extended by a Federal Reserve Bank.

(a) Primary credit. The interest rates for primary credit provided to depository institutions Depository institution

A financial institution that obtains its funds mainly through deposits from the public. This includes commercial banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and credit unions.
 under section 201.4(a) are:
Federal Reserve Bank   Rate   Effective

Boston                 2.25   January 9, 2003
New York               2.25   January 9, 2003
Philadelphia           2.25   January 9, 2003
Cleveland              2.25   January 9, 2003
Richmond               2.25   January 9, 2003
Atlanta                2.25   January 9, 2003
Chicago                2.25   January 9, 2003
St. Louis              2.25   January 9, 2003
Minneapolis            2.25   January 9, 2003
Kansas City            2.25   January 9, 2003
Dallas                 2.25   January 9, 2003
San Francisco          2.25   January 9, 2003


(b) Secondary credit. The interest rates for secondary credit provided to depository institutions under section 201.4(b) are:
Federal Reserve Bank   Rate   Effective

Boston                 2.75   January 9, 2003
New York               2.75   January 9, 2003
Philadelphia           2.75   January 9, 2003
Cleveland              2.75   January 9, 2003
Richmond               2.75   January 9, 2003
Atlanta                2.75   January 9, 2003
Chicago                2.75   January 9, 2003
St. Louis              2.75   January 9, 2003
Minneapolis            2.75   January 9, 2003
Kansas City            2.75   January 9, 2003
Dallas                 2.75   January 9, 2003
San Francisco          2.75   January 9, 2003


(c) Seasonal credit. The rate for seasonal credit extended to depository institutions under section 201.4(c) is a flexible rate that takes into account rates on market sources of funds.
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Title Annotation:Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks
Publication:Federal Reserve Bulletin
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 1, 2003
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