Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday he does not expect federal legislation will be needed to address the expiration of a major benchmark interest rate that underpins trillions of dollars worth of financial contracts worldwide.

The rate in question is the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which is set to expire in 2021.

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