The Federal Reserve announced on May 11 a revised term sheet and FAQs for its Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF), which will provide up to $500 billion of direct support to states and local governments to help them manage cash flow stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relative to
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Fed Actions to Address the Coronavirus Crisis
Updated May 7, 2020
We have updated Davis Polk’s table summarizing the Federal Reserve’s actions to address the coronavirus crisis, with embedded links to the primary materials on the Federal Reserve’s website.
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Fed Expands Support for Municipal Funding Markets
The Federal Reserve announced on April 27 the expansion of its Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF), which will provide up to $500 billion of direct support to states and local governments to help them manage cash flow stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key features of the MLF as…
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Fed Actions to Address the Coronavirus Crisis
Updated April 13, 2020
We have updated Davis Polk’s summary table of the Federal Reserve’s actions to address the coronavirus crisis, with embedded links to the primary materials on the Federal Reserve’s website. This version is updated to cover the new, sweeping measures that the Fed announced on the morning…
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Fed Moves to Shore up Municipal Funding Markets
The Federal Reserve announced on April 9 the creation of the Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF), which will provide up to $500 billion of direct support to states and local governments to help them manage cash flow stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indirect support to states and local…
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Fed Actions to Address the Coronavirus Crisis
Here is Davis Polk’s two-page overview of the Federal Reserve’s actions to address the coronavirus crisis, with embedded links to the primary materials on the Federal Reserve’s website. This version is updated to cover the new, sweeping measures that the Fed announced on the morning of Monday, March 23, 2020. …
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Fed Further Expands Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility to Include Municipal Variable Rate Demand Notes and Bank CDs
The Federal Reserve announced a further expansion of the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MMLF), originally announced on March 18, 2020 and expanded on March 20, 2020, as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis. Under the further expanded MMLF, additional securities are eligible as collateral.…
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Fed Expands Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility to Include Municipal Bonds
The Federal Reserve announced an expansion of the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MMLF) originally announced on March 18, 2020 as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis. Under the expanded MMLF, certain municipal bonds are eligible as collateral and certain municipal MMFs are eligible for…
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Visual Memorandum: Final Tailoring Rules for U.S. Banking Organizations
The U.S. banking agencies have completed one of the most important steps towards rebalancing the U.S. bank regulatory framework since the Dodd-Frank Act was passed in the wake of the 2007 – 2008 financial crisis. The agencies have adopted final rules to tailor enhanced prudential standards and U.S. Basel III…
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Davis Polk Client Memorandum: Banking Agencies Simplify Capital Rules for Non-Advanced Approaches Firms
The U.S. banking agencies have released a final rule amending the U.S. Basel III capital rules to simplify the capital treatment of capital deductions and recognition of minority interests for non-advanced approaches banking organizations, as well as implementing certain technical amendments applicable to both advanced approaches and non-advanced approaches banking…
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