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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
October 27, 1937

For release in morning newspapers
of Thursday, October 28, 1937.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System today
adopted the follov:ing resolution:

BE IT RESOLVED, That, effective November 1, 1957, the
supplement to Regulation U is amended by changing the maxirnum loan value figure
of said supplemc;nt to
lmum loan value figure

per cent" in the first paragraph

11 45

11 60

per cent", and by cblmging the max-

11 60

graph of said supplement to

per cent" in the second para11

75 per cent", so that as thus

amended the supplement will read as follows:
"SUPPLEMENT TO REGULATION U

ISSUED BY THE BOAPJ) OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Effective November 1, 1957
For the purpose of section l of Regulation U, the rnaxim1lm loan value of any stock, whether or not registered on
a national securities exchange, shall be 60 per cent of its
current, market value, as determined by any reasonable
method.
I,oans to hrokers and d.ealers. Notwithstanding the foregcing, a stock, if registered on a national securities exchunge shall hJ.ve a special maximum loan value of 75 per cent
of its current market value, as determined by any reasonable
method, in the case of a lo::-.n to n. broker or dealer from whom
the bauk ucct)pts in good faith a signed statement to the effect (1) that he is subject to the provisions of Regulation T
(or t:1at }le does not extend or rnair.tain credit to or for custom~rs ext~ept in accordance therewith as if he were subject
thereto), and (2) that the securities hypothecated to seC"clre
the loan are securities carried for the account of his custo:ners other than his partners."



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