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Illya Gerasymchuk
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2025-07-31 10:28

Discount Rate is the rate at which the FED lends directly to banks through its discount window think of it as an emergency lending facility which the banks can use whenever they need funds since banks can always get a loan at that rate - it caps the short-term interest rates

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the majority of liquidity is actually created in wholesale short-term debt markets ON RRP addresses exactly that sector, thus setting the lower bound of the target interest rate corridor for the broader financial sector

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