Is There Stigma Associated with Discount Window Borrowing?
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to such loans? This question is important to monetary policy. Like other central banks, normally the Fed makes loans to banks through its discount window. This credit has long been thought to be an important tool for responding to financial strain. But if banks are reluctant to borrow from the Fed because of a stigma attached to such loans, then the Fed’s ability to provide liquidity as a lender of last resort could be impaired.
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