focus we are placing on their transition, and especially on their plans to end issuance of new contracts 3 / 4 bis central bankers'speeches by year - end. before i turn this over to tom wipf and tushar morzaria, let me thank them for all of the work that they have done with the arrc and the working group on sterling risk - free rates. there is more work ahead for both groups, but these announcements lay out a clear framework that will help everyone understand exactly what should now to be done. 1 all of my remarks today represent my own views, which do not necessarily represent those of the federal reserve board, the federal open market committee, or the financial stability board. return to text 2 s e e assets. bbhub. io / professional / sites / 10 / ibor - fallbacks - liborcessation _ announcement _ 20210305. pdf. return to text 3 see www. federalreserve. gov / supervisionreg / srletters / sr2027. htm. return to text 4 see www. federalreserve. gov / supervisionreg / srletters / sr2107. htm. return to text 4 / 4 bis central bankers'speeches

meant to completely end the new use of libor while allowing a significant portion oflegacy contracts to roll off before the key dollar libor tenors stop publication. three years ago, the arrc estimated that there were approximately $ 200 trillion in outstanding financial contracts using usd libor as a reference rate. the arrc also estimated that more than 80 percent of those contracts would mature by the end of this year. if market participants had stopped new use of libor at that time, we would today have a considerably smaller amount of legacy libor contracts. instead, despite the warnings of the official sector concerning libor, use of usd libor has actually increased in the intervening years. as a result, the arrc now estimates that there are currently almost $ 223 trillion in financial contracts based on usd libor. many of those contracts have better fallback language than was once the case ; the arrc has spent considerable time in recommending more robust fallback language for new libor cash products, and isda has now published its ibor protocol, which has allowed market participants to incorporate more robust fallbacks into legacy derivatives. still, given the sheer size of current exposures, we cannot afford to ignore the problems that an abrupt cessation of usd libor would cause. the path we have laid out — ending new use of libor while providing further time for existing contracts to mature — will give businesses, consumers, and all parties to a contract more certainty that they can count on the original terms of a legacy contract until mid - 2023. the arrc ’ s updated estimates indicate that 60 percent of current libor exposures will mature before mid - 2023. although more would roll off if the end date was further off, the iba has stated clearly that it will not have sufficient panel bank submissions after june 2023 to publish libor on a representative basis. june 2023 represents a realistic outcome that will allow the majority of outstanding contacts to mature. of course, we will also be left with the 40 percent of contracts that will not mature before mid2023, an estimated $ 90 trillion in financial contracts. some of these contracts should already have workable fallback language, but many still have no effective means to replace libor upon its cessation. we continue to believe that legislation is a necessary step to address these contracts. the arrc has proposed legislation with the state of new york, which may be appropriate given that many of the contracts that the arrc