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F ederal Reserve Bank
DALLAS, TEXAS

of

Dallas

75222

C i r c u l a r No. 7 3 -2 7 2
O c to b e r 2 5 , 1973

SUPPLEMENT TO REGULATION Q
Interest Rate Ceiling Imposed on
^-Year Consumer-Type Time Deposits

To All Member Banks and Others Concerned
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:
Details of the enclosed printed Supplement to Regulation Q
were forwarded under our Circular No. 73-268 dated October 19?
1973. The enclosure should be inserted in your Binder of Regulations
and Bulletins. The Supplement to Regulation Q dated July 26, 1973?
,
should be removed from the Binder and destroyed.
Yours very truly,
P. E. Coldwell,
P re sid e n t

Enclosure

This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org)

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

SUPPLEMENT TO REGULATION Q
Effective November 1 ,1 9 7 3

SECTION 217.7 — M A X IM U M RATES OF INTEREST PAYABLE
BY M EMBER BANKS ON TIM E A N D SAV IN G S DEPOSITS

Pursuant to the provisions of section 19 of the
Federal Reserve A ct and § 217.3, the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System hereby
prescribes the following maximum rates1 of inter­
est per annum payable by member banks of the
Federal Reserve System on time and savings
deposits:
(a) T im e deposits o f $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 or m ore. There
is no maximum rate of interest presently pre­
scribed on any time deposit of $100,000 or more.
(b) T im e deposits o f less than $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
(1 )
Except as provided in paragraph (a) and
subpart (2) of this paragraph, no member bank

1 The limitations on rates of interest payable by
member banks of the Federal Reserve System on time
and savings deposits, as prescribed herein, are not
applicable to any deposit which is payable only at
an office of a member bank located outside the States
of the United States and the District of Columbia.

shall pay interest on any time deposit at a rate in
excess of the applicable rate under the following
schedule:
M aturity

M axim um per cent

30 days or more but less
than 90 days

5

90 days or more but less
than 1 year

5Vi

1 year or more but less
than 30 months

6

30 months or more

6

V2

(2)
Member banks may pay interest on any
time deposit of $1,000 or more, with a maturity
of four years or more, at a rate not to exceed 7V4
per cent.
(c)
Savings deposits. N o member bank shall
pay interest at a rate in excess of 5 per cent on
any savings deposit.