Federal Reserve : Lender of Last Resort Functions.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Banks and banking. Loans. Monetary policy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
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.
Item Description:	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. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.