The bank discount rate is a calculation of the interest investors earn on short-term instruments such as Treasury bills.

A high discount rate causes loans to be more expensive and encourages people to save more money. This could be considered ...

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 ...

The Treasury Department sold $17 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.055%, down from 1.175% last week. An additional $17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 1.030%, down ...

The new regime of higher bond yields has transformed pension funding for defined benefit (DB) schemes in the G7, due to reduced liability valuations Even though credit spreads are close to 10 yr lows, ...