Reuters

Fed discount window borrowing is edging up, but is it a problem?

NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Borrowing at a key Federal Reserve facility long associated with providing emergency loans to banks has been edging higher, recently climbing to over $10 billion for the ...
Investopedia

What Is a Discount Window? Why and How Do Banks Use It?

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...
Reuters

Discount window reform bill introduced as Fed works on its own overhaul

July 29 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve efforts to overhaul a key emergency lending facility historically viewed with anxiety by banks are now being joined by potential congressional action. On Friday, ...
American Banker

Pressure mounts on Fed to play its part in modernizing discount window

PNC CEO Bill Demchak describes the process of accessing the discount window as "incredibly mechanically difficult." Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says the emergency lending facility "needs to be brought ...
American Banker

In Focus: 'New' Discount Window, Same Old Stigma

WASHINGTON - Borrowing at the discount window, for decades a contingency to avoid at almost any cost, is no longer taboo. Really. Six months after the Federal Reserve Board made changes meant to ...