SFAS No.157 is to be applied to any asset or liability that is measured at fair value under current GAAP. The statement identified sixty-seven pervious pronouncements that referred to fair value and are impacted by its provisions SFAS No.157 (Now FASB ASC 820) represents the FASB’s current position on the tradeoff between reliability and relevance of financial information. It also reflects the FASB’s conclusion that investors and creditors find fair value measurement relevant, even in the absence of exact market data. As a result, the trade-off now favors relevance; thus, in order to assess the relative reliability of the fair value measurements provided, financial statement users will need to be made aware of the quality of the information provided through meaningful and transparent disclosures.