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  2. SOFR - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, the LIBOR Act passed by the U.S. Congress established SOFR as a default replacement rate for LIBOR contracts that lack mechanisms to deal with LIBOR's cessation. [2] The Act also grants a safe harbor to LIBOR contracts that transition to SOFR. [2] Previously, SOFR was seen as the likely successor of LIBOR in the US since at least 2021. [1]

  3. Libor - Wikipedia

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    The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) came into widespread use in the 1970s as a reference interest rate for transactions in offshore Eurodollar markets. [25] [26] [27] In 1984, it became apparent that an increasing number of banks were trading actively in a variety of relatively new market instruments, notably interest rate swaps, foreign currency options and forward rate agreements.

  4. Interbank lending market - Wikipedia

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    The benchmark rate used to price many US financial securities is the three-month US dollar Libor rate. Up until the mid-1980s, the Treasury bill rate was the leading reference rate. However, it eventually lost its benchmark status to Libor due to pricing volatility caused by periodic, large swings in the supply of bills.

  5. Reference rate - Wikipedia

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    LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate. LIBOR was terminated in June 2023. [1] SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate. SOFR is a reference rate established as an alternative to LIBOR. Euribor - Euro Interbank Offered Rate; EONIA - Euro OverNight Index Average. EONIA was replaced by the Euro short-term rate (€STR) in 2019. €STR - Euro short ...

  6. Here's how the Fed's interest rate cut today could impact ...

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    The Fed cut its federal funds rate — the interest rate banks charge each other for short-term loans — by 0.25 percentage points, lowered the rate to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, down from its ...

  7. Swap rate - Wikipedia

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    For interest rate swaps, the Swap rate is the fixed rate that the swap "receiver" demands in exchange for the uncertainty of having to pay a short-term (floating) rate, e.g. 3 months LIBOR over time. (At any given time, the market's forecast of what LIBOR will be in the future is reflected in the forward LIBOR curve.)

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  9. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    Though the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) and the federal funds rate are concerned with the same action, i.e. interbank loans, they are distinct from one another, as follows: The target federal funds rate is a target interest rate that is set by the FOMC for implementing U.S. monetary policies.