Federal Reserve Lender of Last Resort Functions

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking.

Loans.

Monetary policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2007

Summary:

Discusses role of Federal Reserve as a lender of last resort to the nation's financial system; covers lending to specific banks through the discount window and lending the the financial sector through open market operations; and reviews recent examples of the lender of last resort function

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Federal Reserve

Publisher Number:

CRS-2007-GVF-0393

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license