WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. banks had borrowed $10 million from the Federal Reserve's discount window as of Wednesday, the Fed said Thursday, indicating that borrowing from the Fed remains very ...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. banks had $3 million in outstanding loans from the Federal Reserve's discount window on Wednesday, down from $10 million the previous Wednesday, the Fed reported ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve's regulatory chief, said on Thursday that banks should put aside worries about the stigma of using the U.S. central bank's discount window ...

NEW YORK, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday she favors taking more concrete steps to make sure banks are ready to use a central bank liquidity ...

July 28 (Reuters) - 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 ...

In the past several weeks, banks have been taking out emergency loans from the Federal Reserve to ensure they can cover withdrawals from customers. In the week that ended Wednesday, banks tapped more ...

Change is coming to one of the Federal Reserve's oldest policy tools, but as the central bank's No. 2 official said, that is nothing new. In a two-part speech delivered Tuesday night and Wednesday ...

The discount window at the Federal Reserve allows banks to borrow money at an above-market rate in exchange for high-quality collateral. The facility is always available to use, but typically nobody ...

When banks are under financial stress, where do they turn for help? Many go to the Federal Reserve, which, through its discount window, serves as a "lender of last resort" for banks. Last month, the ...

Banks have all but abandoned the Federal Reserve’s discount window, and it is straining Wall Street’s postcrisis infrastructure. Borrowing from the discount window, the Fed’s only channel for lending ...