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Discount window usage, which is reported weekly, peaked at $150 billion in March — driven largely by the cost of temporarily absorbing two failed banks — and has steadily fallen to just a few billion.

Discount window borrowing hit a record of nearly $153 billion in March following the SVB and Signature collapses, and the Fed was forced to set up a new emergency lending facility as well.

The Fed's discount window gives financial institutions with insured deposits a source of funding when they need liquidity in the short term. The loans are made directly from the central bank to the ...

In the tumultuous week ending March 15, banks borrowed $152.85 billion through the discount window, up from $4.58 billion the week before. The previous record was $111 billion, ...

Discount Window borrowings increased by $152 billion. The second facility was the newly created Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP), which offered loans for up to one year.

Regulatory guidelines issued in late July encouraging banks to incorporate the Federal Reserve's so-called discount window into their contingency funding plansfail to address the main issues ...

When banks are under financial stress, where do they turn for help? Many go to the Federal Reserve, which, through its discount window, serves as a "lender of last resort" for banks.

Banks across the country turned to the Federal Reserve’s discount window and the Federal Home Loan Bank system over the last week, borrowing the most since 2008 as panic spread among depositors.

The Federal Reserve has taken steps to reduce the stigma that has long plagued its discount window, though recent surveys indicate banks are still hesitant to use the key backstop facility.

When banks are under financial stress, where do they turn for help? Many go to the Federal Reserve, which, through its discount window, serves as a "lender of last resort" for banks.