USD LIBOR

Benchmark interest rates - LIBOR.

USD LIBOR ceased publication at the end of June 2023.

A temporary synthetic USD LIBOR was put in place until September 2024 to support the transition of legacy transactions that have not yet transferred to an appropriate replacement risk-free rate, such as SOFR.

USD LIBOR provided an indication of the average rate at which contributory panel banks in London could obtain wholesale, unsecured funding for a given period, denominated in USD.

LIBOR ended in September 2024.

The end of LIBOR

"Yesterday, 30 September 2024, the remaining synthetic LIBOR settings were published for the last time and LIBOR came to an end. All 35 LIBOR settings have now permanently ceased.

The transition away from LIBOR, once referenced in an estimated $400 trillion of financial contracts, has made financial markets safer, more stable and fit for modern use. UK regulators, their international counterparts and market participants have worked together over the past decade to move to risk-free rates (“RFRs”), based on robust data.

Synthetic LIBOR was a temporary bridge to give firms more time to move outstanding legacy LIBOR-linked contracts towards alternative RFRs, allowing for an orderly cessation."

Press release - Bank of England - 1 October 2024.

See also

• Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC)
• Bank of England
• Benchmark
• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Legacy
• LIBOR
• Panel
• Panel bank
• Risk-free rates
• Setting
• SOFR
• Synthetic
• Synthetic LIBOR
• United States
• Unsecured
• USD
• Wholesale

Other resources

• The end of LIBOR - Press release - Bank of England - 1 October 2024
• Synthetic USD LIBOR to cease at end-September 2024 - Financial Conduct Authority - 29 February 2024

• Alternative Reference Rates Committee - about us

• Further consultation and announcements on the wind-down of LIBOR - Financial Conduct Authority - 23 November 2022

• Changes to LIBOR as of end-2021 - Financial Conduct Authority