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In an FX swap contract, the later re-exchange of the two currencies in the contract.
''US banking''. 
(Following the initial exchange of the same currencies and related amounts in the opposite direction, in the 'near leg').
 
Fed funds ("Federal funds") are 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.
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[FX swap]]
* [[Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]]
* [[Near leg]]
* [[Federal Reserve Bank]]
* [[Swap points]]
* [[Federal Reserve System]]
* [[OBFR]]
* [[Quantitative easing]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]

Revision as of 20:29, 14 April 2019

US banking.

Fed funds ("Federal funds") are 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.


See also