FAS87 ASC715 discount rates and Moody's Rates

Data as of Thursday, March 28, 2024

Data as of Thursday, June 27, 2024 (will be out of town next week)

I checked https://credittrends.moodys.com/ today - mostly wanted to double check that they weren't going to put out the rate on Labor Day. On my end, it seemed they were requiring a subscription now. I mostly record the Moody's AA corporate bond yield rate and was unsuccessful finding any other source of that rate. 

I figured I would mention this here, so Zach (or any others on this thread) aren't second guessing themselves if they're dealing with similar issues and to make sure I wasn't the only one. Are you dealing with similar issues Zach? Any ideas if so?

Thanks, yes, running into the same thing myself.

That is also the only rate I need. 

I have a call into them to see how much a subscription would be, I would think there are clauses against posting the rates here afterwards anyway.  It's hard to tell a client "trust me, that's the rate" if they don't have access to the rate and can't find it anywhere else.

Anyone think the SOA would have guidance?  Or FAS board?  I would think they would want a non-proprietary rate that is readily available for us to use.

As I recall, there used to be access to some rate(s) on the SOA website (or maybe it was the Academy website).  But no longer.

So I checked and it is $4,750 annually.  We are a small firm, there is no way we could afford that just for a rate.