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Federal Reserve Discount Rate

The rate at which member banks may Borrow short Term funds directly from a Federal Reserve Bank. The Discount rate is one of the two Interest rates set by the Fed, the other being the Federal funds rate. The Fed actually controls this rate directly, but this fact does not really help in Policy implementation, since banks can also find such funds elsewhere. also called discount rate.

Related Terms: 16 Borrow, Call, Discount rate, Federal funds, Fed, Federal Reserve Bank, Fund, FIN, Interest, Inc., Interest rate, Member bank, Policy, Real, Short, Term
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