Majority of Fed banks voted against December change to discount rate

Directors at two-thirds of the Federal Reserve's regional banks voted to leave the interest rate charged to commercial banks ...
Forbes

This Other Fed Keeps Lowering The Interest Rate

In regulatory cost benefit analysis the discount rate translates future value to present terms. Regulatory costs, such as investments in pollution control equipment or redesigning nutrition labels, ...
Forbes

Most Colleges Cost Less Than Their Tuition; Upperclass Students Face High Increases

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. She writes about strategic financial issues in higher education. Beyond the average tuition discount rate, schools are providing ...
Pensions&Investments

Rising discount rates push U.S. corporate pension funding ratios above 100%

U.S. corporate pension plans' funding ratios now exceed 100% thanks to rising discount rates bringing down pension liabilities, according to three new reports. Milliman, in its latest report of the ...
Booth School of Business

Sticky Discount Rates

We show that firms' nominal required returns to capital (i.e., their discount rates) are sticky with respect to expected inflation. Such nominally sticky discount rates imply that increases in ...
WBUR

National Grid proposes more generous discount rates for low-income electric customers in Mass.

Massachusetts has some of the highest electric rates in the country, and every year, many residents struggle to pay their utility bills. To help to make energy more affordable, utilities offer ...
Inside Higher Ed

Tuition Discount Rates Reach New High

Average tuition discount rates among private, nonprofit colleges continued to climb in the 2020-21 academic year as many institutions worked to retain and attract students during the pandemic, a new ...
San Francisco Fed

How low has the Federal Reserve’s Discount Rate fallen in the past? Has it ever fallen to zero?

The discount rate is the interest rate the Federal Reserve Banks set on secured overnight loans to depository institutions. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s discount rate was 1.00 percent from ...
San Francisco Fed

I find definitions of the federal funds rate stating that it can be both above and below the discount rate. Which is correct?

Great question! The correct answer depends on the time period. Since January 2003, when the Federal Reserve System implemented a “penalty” discount rate policy, the discount rate has been about 1 ...