The recent action was to extend their maturity (to February 1, 2013) and lower the rate from the U.S. dollar OIS (overnight indexswap) rate plus one percent to plus one-half percent.
These central banks have agreed to lower the pricing on the existing temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements by 50 basis points so that the new rate will be the U.S. dollar overnightindexswap (OIS) rate plus 50 basis points.