Eurodollar time deposits

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Eurodollar time deposits are U.S. dollar-denominated interest-bearing deposits held in banks outside the United States, widely used in global money markets as a benchmark for short-term dollar funding rates.

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Surface form Occurrences
Eurodollar market 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bank deposit
financial instrument
currencyCode US dollar
surface form: USD
denominatedIn U.S. dollars
developedFrom growth of offshore U.S. dollar holdings
distinguishedFrom domestic U.S. dollar time deposits
earns interest
hasMaturityType time deposit
heldIn banks outside the United States
issuerType commercial banks
offshore banking units
linkedBenchmarkHistorically 3-month U.S. dollar LIBOR
surface form: U.S. dollar LIBOR
linkedBenchmarkTransition risk-free rate benchmarks such as SOFR (indirectly via derivatives)
marketRole reference for pricing Eurodollar derivatives
source of short-term U.S. dollar funding
marketSegment offshore U.S. dollar money market
minimumSizeTypical institutional-size deposits
notRegulatedBy U.S. banking regulators for deposit terms
notSubjectTo U.S. Federal Reserve reserve requirements
U.S. domestic deposit insurance
pricingDependsOn counterparty credit quality
market liquidity conditions
prevailing short-term U.S. dollar interest rates
rateConvention money market yield
regulatoryJurisdiction country where the bank is located
relatedTo Eurodollar futures
Eurodollar time deposits self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eurodollar market

LIBOR
riskType credit risk
interest rate risk
liquidity risk
settlement book-entry
typicalCounterparties financial institutions
multinational corporations
sovereign entities
typicalForm large-denomination wholesale deposits
typicalMaturitiesInclude 1 month
12 months
3 months
6 months
usedAs benchmark for short-term dollar funding rates
usedFor liquidity management by banks
short-term investment by institutional investors
usedIn global money markets

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Eurodollar futures linkedInPracticeTo Eurodollar time deposits
Eurodollar time deposits relatedTo Eurodollar time deposits self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eurodollar market