On February 18, 2016, the Federal Reserve Board issued an interim final rule amending Regulation I to implement provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. The FAST Act reduced the dividend rate applicable to certain Reserve Bank depository institution stockholders that have total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion to the lesser of (i) 6 percent or (ii) the most recent 10-year Treasury auction rate prior to the dividend payment. The dividend rate for other member banks remains at 6 percent. Typically, Reserve Banks pay dividends to member banks twice each year in June and December. The interim final rule also adjusts the treatment of accrued dividends when a Reserve Bank issues or cancels capital stock owned by a large member bank. Comments to the interim final rule will be accepted for 60 days from publication in the Federal Register.
The Federal Reserve Board press release is available at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20160218a.htm.
The interim final rule is available at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/bcreg20160218a1.pdf.
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