Change is coming to one of the Federal Reserve's oldest policy tools, but as the central bank's No. 2 official said, that is nothing new. In a two-part speech delivered Tuesday night and Wednesday ...

"Over the past few years, the discount window has been used more than was the case before the pandemic," Jefferson said in remarks prepared for delivery at the Atlanta Fed's Financial Markets event, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve's regulatory chief, said on Thursday that banks should put aside worries about the stigma of using the U.S. central bank's discount window ...

The Discount Window Enhancement Act of 2024 would improve the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve Discount Window, a liquidity tool that provides short-term loans to depository institutions.

The Federal Reserve is gathering public input on how to improve its last-resort lending facility. The central bank launched a request for information on Thursday, asking the public to weigh in on how ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, introduced the Discount Window Enhancement Act of 2024, legislation to improve ...

NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The banks most reluctant to tap the U.S. central bank's discount window to shore up their capital are in fact those who face the highest failure risk, according to new ...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is encouraging banks to count on its long-shunned cash backstops in a bid to support its monetary policy and financial stability goals. Its latest efforts ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Tuesday floated the idea of allocating a "modest" part of the Fed's balance sheet to loans and repos, perhaps holding a daily ...