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''US Banking''. | ''US Banking''. | ||
Funds deposited by commercial banks at Federal Reserve Banks, including funds in excess of bank reserve requirements. | Funds ("Federal funds") deposited by commercial banks at Federal Reserve Banks, including funds in excess of bank reserve requirements. | ||
Banks may lend federal funds to each other on an overnight basis | Banks may lend federal funds to each other on an overnight basis to help the borrowing bank satisfy its reserve requirements or liquidity needs. This lending will be at the lender's "federal funds rate". The Federal Reserve calculates and publishes the "effective federal funds rate" [[EFFR]] as a weighted average of the reported transaction rates for each business day. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Federal Reserve Bank]] | * [[Federal Reserve Bank]] | ||
* [[Federal Reserve System]] | * [[Federal Reserve System]] | ||
* [[Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]] | * [[Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]] | ||
* [[OBFR]] | * [[OBFR]] | ||
Revision as of 09:47, 12 May 2016
US Banking.
Funds ("Federal funds") deposited by commercial banks at Federal Reserve Banks, including funds in excess of bank reserve requirements.
Banks may lend federal funds to each other on an overnight basis to help the borrowing bank satisfy its reserve requirements or liquidity needs. This lending will be at the lender's "federal funds rate". The Federal Reserve calculates and publishes the "effective federal funds rate" EFFR as a weighted average of the reported transaction rates for each business day.
