Showing posts with label Federal Reserve System. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal Reserve System. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2012

Federal Reserve System Regulations - Reg D PART 204 - Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions

PART 204 - Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions
§ 204.4 Computation of required reserves.
(a) In determining the reserve requirement under this part, the amount of cash items in process of collection and balances subject to immediate withdrawal due from other depository institutions located in the United States (including such amounts due from United States branches and agencies of foreign banks and Edge and Agreement corporations) may be deducted from the amount of gross transaction accounts. The amount that may be deducted may not exceed the amount of gross transaction accounts.

(b) United States branches and agencies of a foreign bank may not deduct balances due from another United States branch or agency of the same foreign bank, and United States offices of an Edge or Agreement Corporation may not deduct balances due from another United States office of the same Edge or Agreement Corporation.

(c) Balances “due from other depository institutions” do not include balances due from Federal Reserve Banks, pass-through accounts, or balances (payable in dollars or otherwise) due from banking offices located outside the United States. An institution exercising fiduciary powers may not include in balances “due from other depository institutions” amounts of trust funds deposited with other banks and due to it as a trustee or other fiduciary.

(d) For institutions that file a report of deposits weekly, required reserves are computed on the basis of the institution's daily average balances of deposits and Eurocurrency liabilities during a 14-day computation period ending every second Monday.

(e) For institutions that file a report of deposits quarterly, required reserves are computed on the basis of the institution's daily average balances of deposits and Eurocurrency liabilities during the 7-day computation period that begins on the third Tuesday of March, June, September, and December.

(f) For all depository institutions, Edge and Agreement corporations, and United States branches and agencies of foreign banks, required reserves are computed by applying the reserve requirement ratios below to net transaction accounts, nonpersonal time deposits, and Eurocurrency liabilities of the institution during the computation period.


Reservable liability Reserve
requirement
Net Transaction Accounts:
$0 to reserve requirement exemption amount ($11.5 million) 0 percent of amount.
Over reserve requirement exemption amount $11.5 million) and up to low reserve tranche ($71.0 million) 3 percent of amount.
Over low reserve tranche ($71.0 million) $1,785,000 plus 10 percent of amount over $71.0 million.
Nonpersonal time deposits 0 percent.
Eurocurrency liabilities 0 percent.

[Reg. D, 74 FR 25637, May 29, 2009, as amended at 74 FR 52875, Oct. 15, 2009; 75 FR 65564, Oct. 26, 2010; 76 FR 68066, Nov. 3, 2011]



Note: Information provided above is As of  Read Date 1/30/12 ALL US Bank Laws pertaining to the FRS are subject to change and update and you MUST independently confirm as filing or relying.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

FRS - The Beige Book - The US Economic Report

The Beige Book: An Important part of our Governments Financial Analysis work is the product of the many Economists that are hard at work in the Nations Government at the Federal Reserve Banks in the various Districts resulting in the Regional and National Economic Reports that comprise the Beige Book.

Best Explained by the Fed itself, it is an important tool for Economic Analysis:

2011 Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions

by Federal Reserve District

Commonly known as the Beige Book, this report is published eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book summarizes this information by District and sector. An overall summary of the twelve district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve Bank on a rotating basis.

Below is a copy of the most recently released 10-19-11, there will be one more release this year.



FRS - Full Report Beige Book 10-19-11