The One-, Three-, Six- and Twelve-Month Eurodollar LIBOR Rates All Sank Lower On The Week
The one-, three-, six- and twelve-month Eurodollar LIBOR rates all slid lower on the week.
On the day, the 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month rates all rose, as financial markets around the world reacted to news that Dubai World wants a six-month deferment of repayments on $60 billion of debt.
The 3-month TED spread expanded on the day but contracted on the week.
Image courtesy: The Wall Street Journal Online
Right now, the yield on the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.02%. Therefore, the 3-month TED spread is currently 0.23563 percentage point; it was 0.21438 yesterday, 0.25219 last Friday and 4.60875 on October 10, 2008 during the peak of the global credit crisis.
For the 3-month TED spread, a figure between zero and 0.50 percentage point (0.50 percentage point = 50 basis points) 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.
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.
On the day, the 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month rates all rose, as financial markets around the world reacted to news that Dubai World wants a six-month deferment of repayments on $60 billion of debt.
The 3-month TED spread expanded on the day but contracted on the week.
Image courtesy: The Wall Street Journal Online
Right now, the yield on the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.02%. Therefore, the 3-month TED spread is currently 0.23563 percentage point; it was 0.21438 yesterday, 0.25219 last Friday and 4.60875 on October 10, 2008 during the peak of the global credit crisis.
For the 3-month TED spread, a figure between zero and 0.50 percentage point (0.50 percentage point = 50 basis points) 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.
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 | Friday, November 27, 2009
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