fed discount rate
Stock-index futures fell sharply late Thursday after the Fed said it's raising the discount rate it charges on loans to banks. The dollar rallied sharply, and the euro touched a nine-month low on the move, which market participants Fed Raises Discount Rate 25 BIPs… … in response to Matt Taibbi's “Government gives Goldman free money” battlecry? Adult Franklin411 Says: February 18th, 2010 at 5:14 pm. “Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man… take my pound of flesh and sleep Fed raises discount rate · The Financial Times reports: The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced it would raise the discount rate at which commercial banks borrow from the central bank as part of moves to withdraw emergency support to