[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9281]
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[FR Doc No: 95-3993]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 201

[Regulation A]


Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks; Change in Discount 
Rate

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors has amended its Regulation A on 
Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks to reflect its approval 
of an increase in the basic discount rate at each Federal Reserve Bank. 
The Board acted on requests submitted by the Boards of Directors of the 
twelve Federal Reserve Banks.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These amendments to part 201 (Regulation A) were 
effective February 13, 1995. The rate changes for adjustment credit 
were effective on the dates specified in 12 CFR 201.51.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William W. Wiles, Secretary of the 
Board (202/452-3257); for the hearing impaired only, contact Dorothea 
Thompson, Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) (202/452-3544), 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets 
NW., Washington, DC 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority of sections 10(b), 
13, 14, 19, et al., of the Federal Reserve Act, the Board has amended 
its Regulation A (12 CFR part 201) to incorporate changes in discount 
rates on Federal Reserve Bank extensions of credit. The discount rates 
are the interest rates charged to depository institutions when they 
borrow from their district Reserve Banks.
    The ``basic discount rate'' is a fixed rate charged by Reserve 
Banks for adjustment credit and, at the Reserve Bank's discretion, for 
extended credit. In increasing the basic discount rate, the Board acted 
on requests submitted by the Boards of Directors of the twelve Federal 
Reserve Banks. The new rates were effective on the dates specified 
below. The increase was implemented to keep inflation contained, and 
thereby foster sustainable economic growth.
    The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) relating to notice and public 
participation were not followed in connection with the adoption of this 
amendment because the Board for ``good cause'' finds that delaying the 
change in the basic discount rate in order to allow notice and public 
comment on the change is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to 
the public interest in keeping inflation contained, and thereby 
fostering sustainable economic growth.1

    \1\The Board's Rules of Procedure provide that advance notice 
and deferred effective date will ordinarily be omitted in the public 
interest for changes in discount rates. 12 CFR 262.2(e).
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    The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(d) that prescribe 30 days' prior 
notice of the effective date of a rule have not been followed because 
section 553(d) provides that such prior notice is not necessary 
whenever there is good cause for finding that such notice is contrary 
to the public interest. As previously stated, the Board determined that 
delaying the changes in the basic discount rate is contrary to the 
public interest.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis

    Pursuant to section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 601-612), the Board certifies that the change in the basic 
discount rate will not have a significant adverse economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. Although the change increases the 
rate of interest charged to borrowers from Reserve Banks, the Board 
believes that the higher cost of funds is outweighed by the salutary 
effect on the economy.

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 201

    Banks, Banking, Credit, Federal Reserve System.

    For the reasons outlined in the preamble, the Board of Governors 
amends 12 CFR part 201 as follows:

PART 201--EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS (REGULATION 
A)

    1. The authority citation for 12 CFR part 201 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 343 et seq., 347a, 347b, 347c, 347d, 348 et 
seq., 357, 374, 374a and 461.

    2. Section 201.51 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 201.51  Adjustment credit for depository institutions.

    The rates for adjustment credit provided to depository institutions 
under Sec. 201.3(a) are:

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         Federal Reserve Bank            Rate           Effective       
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Boston................................    5.25  February 1, 1995.       
New York..............................    5.25  February 1, 1995.       
Philadelphia..........................    5.25  February 2, 1995.       
Cleveland.............................    5.25  February 9, 1995.       
Richmond..............................    5.25  February 1, 1995.       
Atlanta...............................    5.25  February 2, 1995.       
Chicago...............................    5.25  February 1, 1995.       
St. Louis.............................    5.25  February 1, 1995.       
Minneapolis...........................    5.25  February 2, 1995.       
Kansas City...........................    5.25  February 1, 1995.       
Dallas................................    5.25  February 2, 1995.       
 San Francisco........................    5.25  February 1, 1995.       
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    By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, February 13, 1995.
Williams W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-3993 Filed 2-16-95; 8:45 am]
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