The Federal Reserve Board announced Friday that a temporary exemption to the limitations in section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act, instituted as part of the response to the financial crisis, will expire as scheduled on Oct. 30, 2009.
The exemption, which was subject to various conditions to promote safety and soundness, allowed all insured depository institutions to provide liquidity to their affiliates for assets typically funded in the tri-party repo market. It was originally approved on Sept. 14, 2008, and was extended on Jan. 30, 2009.
Since the approval of the extension in January, the functioning of the tri-party repo market has improved considerably.
