Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism
Description:
In the late 1960s this series of reports was prepared for a steering committee of the Board of Governors. The reports were prepared by the research staffs of the Board and the Federal Reserve Banks, and academic economists.
Availability:
1966
to 1970
Authors:
Topics:
- Publications from the Board of Governors
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Discount Window
Citation:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, ([year]), Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=706
1966
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May 11, 1966 - Summary of the Issues Raised at the Academic Seminar on Discounting
(232.3K)
Written by Priscilla Ormsby, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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June, 1966 - Rationale and Objectives of the 1955 Revision of Regulation A
(437.8K)
Written by Bernard Shull.
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Fall, 1966 - Financial Instability Revisited: The Economics of Disaster
(1.0M)
Written by Hyman P. Minsky, Washington University in St. Louis.
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November, 1966 - Evolution of the Role and the Functioning of the Discount Mechanism
(1.1M)
Written by Clay J. Anderson, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
1967
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1967 - Selective Credit Control
(133.6K)
Written by Lester V. Chandler, Princeton University.
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Circa 1967 - Discount Mechanism in Leading Industrial Countries Since World War II
(3.0M)
Written by George Garvy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Prepared for the Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Circa 1967 - Report on Research Undertaken in Connection with a System Study
(1.4M)
Written by Bernard Shull, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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February 23, 1967 - Secondary Market for Negotiable Certificates of Deposit
(1.1M)
Written by Parker B. Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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March 28, 1967 - Study of the Market for Federal Funds
(783.4K)
Written by Parker B. Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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April, 1967 - Secondary Market for State and Local Government Bonds
(577.4K)
Written by William F. Staats, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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August, 1967 - Reserve Adjustments of the Eight Major New York City Banks During 1966
(426.8K)
Written by Dolores P. Lynn, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
1968
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February 20, 1968 - Review of Recent Academic Literature on the Discount Mechanism
(285.2K)
Written by David M. Jones.
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February 26, 1968 - Discount Policy and Open Market Operations
(338.3K)
Written by Paul Meek, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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April, 1968 - Some Proposals for a Reform of the Discount Window
(358.5K)
Written by Franco Modigliani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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July, 1968 - Redesigned Discount Mechanism and the Money Market
(383.6K)
Written by Robert C. Holland, Board of Governors, and George Garvy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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November 6, 1968 - Discount Policy and Bank Supervision
(885.4K)
Written by Benjamin Stackhouse, Bank Examinations Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Circa 1968 - Transmittal Memoranda
(796.7K)
These memoranda contain summaries of the commissioned papers pointing out the significance of the paper to the redesign of the discount mechanism.
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Circa 1968 - Borrowings Data
(53.8K)
Various tables for 1959-1968. Prepared for the Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
1969
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Circa 1969 - Capital and Credit Requirements of Agriculture, and Proposals to Increase the Availability of Bank Credit
(1.7M)
Written by Emanuel Melichar, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Raymond J. Doll, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Prepared for the Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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1969 - An Evaluation of Some Determinants of Member Bank Borrowing
(508.1K)
Written by Leslie M. Alperstein, former economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Prepared for the Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Circa 1969 - Academic Views on Improving the Federal Reserve Discount Mechanism
(2.2M)
A compilation of 24 papers by various authors responding to questions about the Federal Reserve discount mechanism and discount policies posed by Dr. Lester V. Chandler. Prepared for the Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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July, 1969 - The Legitimacy of Central Banks
(321.2K)
Written by Kenneth E. Boulding, University of Colorado-Boulder.
1970
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December, 1970 - Toward a Seasonal Borrowing Privilege: A Study of Intrayear Fund Flows at Commercial Banks
(336.0K)
Written by Emanuel Melichar, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.