The One-, Three-, Six- and Twelve-Month Eurodollar LIBOR Rates All Fell Today
The one-, three-, six- and twelve-month Eurodollar LIBOR rates all fell today. The TED spread contracted.
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Right now, the yield on the 13-week U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.18%. Therefore, the TED spread is currently 0.72563 percentage point; it was 0.765 yesterday, 0.7725 last Friday and 4.34 on October 15, 2008. For the TED spread, a figure between zero and 50 basis points (50 basis points = 0.50 percentage point) is a strong indication that large, international banks are lending money to each other with confidence.
A Eurodollar is a U.S. dollar deposited in any bank outside the United States, and therefore not subject to regulation by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Click here for historical LIBOR values.
Click here for a chart comparing LIBOR to the Prime Rate and the target fed funds rate.
Click here to read about how U.S. Dollar LIBOR fixing works.
Right now, the yield on the 13-week U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.18%. Therefore, the TED spread is currently 0.72563 percentage point; it was 0.765 yesterday, 0.7725 last Friday and 4.34 on October 15, 2008. For the TED spread, a figure between zero and 50 basis points (50 basis points = 0.50 percentage point) is a strong indication that large, international banks are lending money to each other with confidence.
A Eurodollar is a U.S. dollar deposited in any bank outside the United States, and therefore not subject to regulation by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Click here for historical LIBOR values.
Click here for a chart comparing LIBOR to the Prime Rate and the target fed funds rate.
Click here to read about how U.S. Dollar LIBOR fixing works.
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posted by Steve Brown | Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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