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discount rate
noun
- the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- the interest rate charged by Federal Reserve Banks on loans to their member banks, usually against government securities as collateral.
- the rediscount rate.
discount rate
- The rate of interest charged by the Federal Reserve System on loans it makes to the banking system.
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It could reduce the discount rate — the rate at which banks borrow money from the central bank — to, say, -3%, while still keeping the Fed Funds rate in positive territory.
What discount rate do consumers use to weigh higher purchase cost now vs. fuel cost savings in the future?
Someone who doesn't know the difference between the fed funds rate and the discount rate.
Then began a renewal of a demand for gold from the Continent, and the discount rate rose to 2-15/16.
Such a situation would doubtless lead to a sharp advance in the discount rate and to the importation of gold.
The "call rate" is commonly well below the regular "discount rate," or rate for thirty-day, sixty-day, or ninety-day paper.
This explains why the discount rate on acceptances ranges so low.
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