The Fed adopted the rules after the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law required the central bank to curtail emergency loans to individual companies and to insolvent companies. The final regulations define insolvent companies as those that had failed to pay "undisputed debts" in the previous 90 days
Traders continue to seek guidance on whether the Fed will move from near-zero rates at its policy meeting next month. The US central bank has held the federal funds rate there since the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
Robert Zoellick, now the chairman of Goldman Sachs International Advisers, told CNBC Thursday that the current challenge facing policymakers was how they communicated their future strategies and how that was impacting productivity and the fundamentals of growth in the business community.
As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to maintain its zero interest rate policy, citing weakness in exports and soft inflation as reasons to continue its historically easy monetary policy. The FOMC vote had just one dissent, from Jeffrey Lacker, who wanted to see the Fed enact a quarter-point hike.
The world's most powerful central bank hasn't hiked rates in about a decade and markets see virtually no chance it will do so at the end of this week's two-day policy meeting. The Fed is scheduled to announce its rate decision at 2 pm ET (1800 GMT).
Janet Yellen's inclusive style has been tested recently by two fellow governors who publicly appeared to disagree with her view, shared by Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, that the Fed will probably need to raise interest rates this year.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen and Vice Chair Stanley Fischer have recently said they support raising rates this year, but an increasingly vocal group of policymakers warn a global economic chill could weigh heavily on the US economy.
Dow futures dipped to trade about 120 to 150 points higher before the second estimate of second-quarter GDP came in at 3.7 percent, topping the first read of an annualized 2.3 percent.
The question of how quickly the Federal Reserve should raise rates is dividing normally like-minded policymakers at the US central bank, pitting those who favor two hikes this year against a growing number of those who want to stop at just one.
Banks must face tough capital standards that allow them to not only survive a major storm but also to keep lending to other institutions even in times of stress, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday.