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What do you mean by bank rate?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, or it is the rate of interests which a central bank charges on the loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often used by central banks to control the money supply.

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