Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets - With Access
Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets - With Access
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134151809
Author: Mishkin
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 16Q
To determine

The reason why the term Auction Facility was more widely used by financial institutions than the discount window during the global financial crisis

Introduction:

A Term Auction Facility (TAF) is a monetary policy program by the Federal Reserve to increase short term funds in the U.S. credit markets.

Discount window is a monetary policy instrument which allows commercial bank to borrow short term loans from central bank to fulfill the immediate needs.

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