Bailey acknowledged there had been calls to step back from the Libor transition as a priority because of the shock to global financials markets caused by the coronavirus crisis.
But in my view, what we saw in financial markets in March in response to the shock of Covid only reinforces the importance of removing the financial system's dependence on Libor in a timely way.
A key gauge of interbank bank borrowing costs recorded its biggest one-day decline in more than 2-1/2 weeks, hinting less stress in US money markets as the Federal Reserve has injected over $200 billion in temporary cash in the US banking system. The Lond
The interest rate that banks charge each other to borrow dollars for three months posted its biggest daily fall in 10 years on Friday as traders betted that the Federal Reserve may boost the number of US rate cuts to counter the potential economic impact