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London Interbank Bid Rate

The London Interbank Bid Rate (LIBID) is a bid rate; the rate bid by banks on Eurocurrency deposits. It is the "other end" of the LIBOR. Whilst the British Bankers' Association set LIBOR rates, there is no correspondent official LIBID fixing.

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The London Interbank Bid Rate (LIBID) is a bid rate; the rate bid by banks on Eurocurrency deposits (i.e., the rate at which a bank is willing to borrow from other banks). It is the "other end" of the LIBOR (an offered, hence "ask" rate, the rate at which a bank will lend). Whilst the British Bankers' Association set LIBOR rates, there is no correspondent official LIBID fixing.

Conventional wisdom used to assert that a LIBID rate could be calculated by subtracting a fixed amount (often given as 18th of 1%) from the prevailing BBA LIBOR rate, however this is no longer the case as bid–offer spreads have tightened in recent years. Additionally, it cannot be the case that the LIBOR/LIBID spread is always 18th of 1% for all maturities and all currencies all the time.

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