Second segment rate.
Second segment rate. For purposes of this section, except as otherwise provided under the interest rate stabilization rules in section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv), the second segment rate is, with respect to any month, the single rate of interest determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the average of the monthly corporate bond yield curves (described in paragraph (d) of this section) for the 24-month period ending with the month preceding that month, taking into account only the portion of each of those yield curves corresponding to the 15-year period that follows the end of the 5-year period described in paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section.
For purposes of this section, except as otherwise provided under the interest rate stabilization rules in section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv), thesecond segment rateis, with respect to any month, the single rate of interest determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the average of the monthly corporate bond yield curves (described inparagraph (d)of this section) for the 24-month period ending with the month preceding that month, taking into account only the portion of each of those yield curves corresponding to the 15-year period that follows the end of the 5-year period described inparagraph (c)(2)(i)of this section.