Back in the 1960s, a discount window actually existed at Federal Reserve banks; pictured above is Bernie Berns at the discount window of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in 1967.

Discount window borrowing hit a record of nearly $153 billion in March following the SVB and Signature collapses, and the Fed was forced to set up a new emergency lending facility as well.

Regulatory guidelines issued in late July encouraging banks to incorporate the Federal Reserve's so-called discount window into their contingency funding plansfail to address the main issues ...

"Today the discount window continues to be an effective tool, but it is important to acknowledge that economic and banking conditions continue to evolve," Jefferson said Wednesday. The discount window ...

The Fed's discount window gives financial institutions with insured deposits a source of funding when they need liquidity in the short term. The loans are made directly from the central bank to the ...

Banks across the country turned to the Federal Reserve’s discount window and the Federal Home Loan Bank system over the last week, borrowing the most since 2008 as panic spread among depositors.

NEW YORK (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, ...

In the tumultuous week ending March 15, banks borrowed $152.85 billion through the discount window, up from $4.58 billion the week before. The previous record was $111 billion, ...

The Federal Reserve has taken steps to reduce the stigma that has long plagued its discount window, though recent surveys indicate banks are still hesitant to use the key backstop facility.

The Federal Reserve's discount window is seeing a bump in activity. Usage of the emergency lending facility breached $9 billion last quarter for the first time since early 2020, and was above $4 ...

The view from the Fed’s discount window. Banks try to avoid the Fed’s discount window, an emergency lending program. We explain why. Plus, a small business rides out economic and climate changes.

U.S. banks should incorporate the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility known as the "discount window" as part of their contingency funding plans, federal banking regulators said in updated ...