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Topic: federal-reserve

Economy

Friday, 7/24, 07:26 AM

The discount window: how the Fed lends to banks when no one else will

Behind the headline interest rate sits a quieter tool that only matters when things go wrong: the discount window, where banks borrow directly from the Federal Reserve against collateral.
The rate they pay is the discount rate.
It is the plumbing that lets the Fed act as lender of last resort, and it is where banking crises are fought.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York building

Economy 27 d

What is the federal funds rate, and how the Fed actually sets it

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board building in Washington

Economy 27 d

What is the money supply, and what M1 and M2 actually measure

Markets 31 d

Fed officials say the AI build-out is now an inflation problem

Economy 33 d

Central Bank Independence Explained, and Why Governments Keep Testing It
Economy 35 d

How the Fed Plans to Shrink Its $6.7 Trillion Balance Sheet
Economy 35 d

US Inflation Cooled to 3.5% in June as Energy Prices Fell
Economy 41 d

The Fed Turns to a Former Walmart Boss to Fix Its Slow Economic Data
Markets 48 d

Dow Hits a Record as a Weak Jobs Report Eases Rate-Hike Fears
Economy 49 d

U.S. Job Growth Stalls as June Payrolls Rise Just 57,000

The Seat of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt at dawn

Economy 49 d

At Sintra, Central Bankers Take the Measure of a New Fed Chief

At the European Central Bank's annual forum in Sintra, Portugal, the world's top central bankers got their first extended look at new U.S.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh — who stressed the Fed's independence and a focus on still-high inflation.

The Federal Reserve's Marriner S. Eccles building in Washington

Economy 49 d

What to Watch in the June Jobs Report, Out Early This Week

Crypto 49 d

Bitcoin Bounces Off a 21-Month Low as Soft Data Eases Rate Fears

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Markets 50 d

Small-Cap Stocks Just Had Their Best Half Since 1991

People working at desks in a shared office

Economy 50 d

Job Openings Hit a 2-Year High, but Hiring Is Frozen

In brief

Economy 50 d

The June Jobs Report Is Kevin Warsh's First Big Test
Markets 50 d

Kevin Warsh's Inflation Test: Will the New Fed Chair Hold the Line?
Personal Finance 51 d

What the Supreme Court's Fed and FTC Rulings Mean for Your Money
Economy 51 d

Supreme Court Lets Fed's Lisa Cook Stay as Trump's Removal Bid Continues
Markets 52 d

The Dollar Heads for Its Best Month in Nearly a Year
Economy 52 d

The Fed's Barkin Says Inflation Is Still Too High — Even as He Spots Relief

Markets 53 d

Bank of America Tells Clients to Stay Long the Dollar Into the Third Quarter
Economy 54 d

What Is the PCE Inflation Gauge, and Why Does the Fed Prefer It?
Economy 54 d

How Is Wealth Inequality Measured? A Guide to the Tools Economists Use
Economy 54 d

Kashkari Pencils In a Rate Hike as Inflation Runs Hot — and Bond Yields Drop Anyway
Economy 54 d

What Is Stagflation, and Why Do Central Banks Fear It?
Economy 54 d

What Is Quantitative Easing, and Quantitative Tightening?

Economy 54 d

How the Federal Reserve Sets Interest Rates, and Why It Matters

Markets 55 d

What an Inverted Yield Curve Is, and Why Investors Watch It

Economy 55 d

PCE vs. CPI: The Two Inflation Gauges, and Why the Fed Watches One

Markets 55 d

U.S. PCE Inflation Hits a Three-Year High as the Energy Spike Feeds Through

In brief

Markets 55 d

The Dollar Enters the Second Half of 2026 on a 'Winner Takes All' Run
Markets 55 d

Gold Reclaims $4,000 as a Weaker Dollar Offsets a Cautious Fed
Economy 55 d

U.S. Firms Absorbed the Oil Shock. A Fed Survey Says the Next One May Hit Prices
Markets 55 d

Cheaper Gas, Pricier Gadgets: Why Inflation May Not Cool Fast
Crypto 55 d

Bitcoin Falls to $58,000, Its Lowest Since 2024, in a Broad Crypto Sell-Off
Markets 56 d

Gold Drops Below $4,000 as a Stronger Dollar and Rate Bets Bite

The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street

Markets 56 d

Big Banks Move to Raise Dividends and Buy Back Stock After Clearing Fed Stress Test

The Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington

Companies 56 d

Fed Says U.S. Banks Can Absorb $708 Billion in Losses as It Overhauls Stress-Test Rules

Markets 56 d

Beyond the Oil Shock: Two Stubborn Inflation Forces That Could Push the Fed to Hike

Personal Finance 56 d

Five Lessons Investors Can Still Learn From Alan Greenspan
Markets 56 d

Did Trump Just Hand Warsh a Green Light to Hike? One Analyst Makes the Case
Crypto 56 d

Bitcoin Dips Below $60,000, Now Down More Than 50% From Its October Peak
Markets 57 d

Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Sends Mixed Signals as Markets Brace for May PCE
Markets 57 d

BOJ Board Backs More Rate Hikes, but a Surging Dollar Keeps the Yen Pinned
Markets 57 d

Gold Slides Toward $4,000 as a Resurgent Dollar and Hawkish Fed Reset the Trade

The dome of the United States Capitol in Washington

Crypto 57 d

US Senate Passes Housing Bill That Bars a Fed Digital Dollar Until 2030

The Senate approved the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 85-5, attaching a provision that would block the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency through the end of 2030 and sending the measure back to the House.

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