The 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-Month Eurodollar LIBOR Rates All Leapt Higher Today

The 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month Eurodollar LIBOR rates all leapt higher today. The 3-month TED spread expanded.


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Right now, the yield on the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.16%. Therefore, the 3-month TED spread is currently 0.14344 percentage point; it was 0.14031 yesterday, 0.14438 last Friday and 4.60875 on October 10, 2008 at the peak of the global banking 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.

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The 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-Month Eurodollar LIBOR Rates All Surged Higher Today

The 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month Eurodollar LIBOR rates all surged higher today. The 3-month TED spread expanded.


Image courtesy: Wall Street Journal Online

Right now, the yield on the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.16%. Therefore, the 3-month TED spread is currently 0.14031 percentage point; it was 0.13594 yesterday, 0.14438 last Friday and 4.60875 on October 10, 2008 at the peak of the global banking 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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The 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-Month Eurodollar LIBOR Rates All Advanced On Both The Day and The Week

The 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month Eurodollar LIBOR rates all advanced on both the day and the week as Europe's debt woes continued to influence international money markets. The 3-month TED spread narrowed on the day and expanded on the week.


Image courtesy: Wall Street Journal Online

Right now, the yield on the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.15%. Therefore, the 3-month TED spread is currently 0.14438 percentage point; it was 0.14188 yesterday, 0.15438 last Friday and 4.60875 on October 10, 2008 at the peak of the global banking 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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