discount rate
the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
the interest rate charged by Federal Reserve Banks on loans to their member banks, usually against government securities as collateral.
the rediscount rate.
Origin of discount rate
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How to use discount rate in a sentence
What discount rate do consumers use to weigh higher purchase cost now vs. fuel cost savings in the future?
Electric Vehicles May Be the Green Car of the Future, But Hybrids Are the Green Car of the Present | Megan McArdle | January 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSomeone who doesn't know the difference between the fed funds rate and the discount rate.
Maxine Waters to Become Senior Democrat on Financial Services | Megan McArdle | December 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen began a renewal of a demand for gold from the Continent, and the discount rate rose to 2-15/16.
The Annual Register 1914 | AnonymousSuch a situation would doubtless lead to a sharp advance in the discount rate and to the importation of gold.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThe "call rate" is commonly well below the regular "discount rate," or rate for thirty-day, sixty-day, or ninety-day paper.
The Value of Money | Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
This explains why the discount rate on acceptances ranges so low.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
Cultural definitions for discount rate
The rate of interest charged by the Federal Reserve System on loans it makes to the banking system.
Notes for discount rate
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