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 ...

The Impact of High Discount Rates on the Economy

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