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Banks borrowed a record amount from the Federal Reserve’s discount window over the last week, racing to secure funding to offset flighty deposits. In the week ended Wednesday, banks borrowed an ...

The discount window "has deficiencies that have led to severe stigma, increasing the risk of banking panics and deposit runs," former New York Fed President William Dudley said in Warner's ...

CHILDS: The discount window is actually part of the reason the Fed was created in the first place. In the early 1900s, there were all these bank runs. And one of America's richest guys, ...

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.

"We view using the discount window as a fully acceptable, normal part of any bank's funding needs if it makes sense for them to use it from a financial perspective," Barr, the Fed's vice chair for ...

After years in the shadows, the Federal Reserve’s discount window may finally be getting its 15 minutes of fame. US banks could overcome their reluctance to be seen at the window if the Fed offers ...

Discount window borrowing is opaque by design, and firm conclusions are difficult to reach, analysts say. Total usage data is reported weekly, but banks taking the loans are only revealed with a ...