
The discount window is an instrument of monetary policy (usually controlled by central banks) that allows eligible institutions to borrow money from the central bank, usually on a short-term basis, to meet temporary shortages of liquidity caused by internal or external disruptions. The term originated with the practice of sending a bank representa...
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The mechanism by which the Fed makes loans to commercial banks, charging them an interest rate that is the discount rate and also sometimes exerting some pressure on the banks to limit their borrowing.
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/d.html

Facility provided by the Fed enabling member banks to borrow reserves against collateral in the form of government securities or other acceptable paper.
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http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/bfglosd.htm

Facility provided by the Fed enabling member banks to borrow reserves against collateral in the form of governments or other acceptable paper.
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Non-interest-bearing money market instruments that are issued at a discount and redeemed at maturity
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In the US, when banks can borrow money from the Federal Reserve at low interest rates
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