See Also: discount rate(medicine)
discount rate(encyclopedia)
Discount Rate(money)
Discount rate(finance)
discount rate(dictionary)
Average discount rate(finance)
Average discount rate(money)
Risk adjusted discount rate(finance)
Risk-adjusted discount rate(money)
discount(1)(dictionary)

discount rate (sh)




or bank rate

Interest rate charged by a central bank for loans of reserve funds to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries.

The discount rate is one important indicator of the condition of monetary policy in an economy. Because raising or lowering the discount rate alters the rates that commercial banks charge on loans, adjustment of the discount rate is used as a tool to combat recession and inflation.