As “lender of the last resort,” the Federal Reserve makes credit available to financial institutions on an overnight basis through its discount window. According to the Fed, the discount ...

The Federal Reserve’s discount window has been so synonymous with trouble that the central bank has taken steps to reduce the ...

so they would be ready to borrow at the discount window should that funding start to run,” she said in a speech made almost a year after regional bank stress led to the failures of Silicon ...

So we need to dig deeper and make sure management has a plan to close the CEF “discount window.” These days, as it did then, UTF holds a mix of electric utilities (currently 33% of the ...

Some reforms to the system might be necessary, but it would be unwise to eliminate a critical source of funding for banks across the country.

The rapidity of deposit outflows during the March 2023 banking run highlights the important role that the Federal Reserve’s discount window should play in strengthening financial stability. A lack of ...

With the seizure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank SBNY, discount window and bridge bank credit usage soared. Previously, there was a significant shift from discount window borrowing to ...