9-1577

Policy Statement on Consolidation of Priced Services Across District Lines

Effective September 16, 1987
The Board has adopted the following factors that it will consider when evaluating proposals to consolidate Reserve Bank priced services across District lines:
  • a.
    Maintenance or improvement of cost recovery in a service
  • b.
    Improvement of the efficiency of Federal Reserve Bank operations
  • c.
    Maintenance or improvement of the level or quality of service
  • d.
    Responsiveness to changes in the financial-services industry
  • e.
    Effect on private-sector providers of the service
  • f.
    Effect on users of the service
The Board will use the following procedures when implementing consolidation of Federal Reserve Bank priced services across District lines:
  • 1.
    Public comment will be solicited when changes in fees and service arrangements are proposed that would have significant longer-run effects on the nation’s payments mechanism. Public comment will also be solicited the first time any Reserve Bank priced service is proposed for consolidation across District lines.
  • 2.
    Advance notice prior to implementing an inter-District consolidation will be at least 60 days and may be longer to enable private-sector users and providers of the service a reasonable amount of time to adjust to the change.