The One-, Three-, Six- and Twelve-Month Eurodollar LIBOR Rates All Eased On The Week

The one-, three-, six- and twelve-month Eurodollar LIBOR rates all eased on the week. On the day, the 3-, 6- and 12-month rates fixed lower, while the 1-month rate was unchanged. The 3-month TED spread narrowed on the day but expanded on the week.


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Right now, the yield on the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill is 0.125%. Therefore, the 3-month TED spread is currently 0.16781 percentage point; it was 0.16938 yesterday, 0.15688 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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