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the discount rate
The federal funds rate is the interest rate banks charge on loans in the federal funds market. The federal funds rate is not set administratively by the Fed. Instead, the rate is determined by the supply of reserves relative to the demand for them.
If the Fed wants to raise the federal funds interest rate, it will sell securities to remove reserves from the banking system.
They would raise interest rates, so it would be harder for people to borrow money, consume, and spend. Raising interest rates will decrease the amount of money in circulation, so help prevent inflation.
The federal funds rate is the rate which banks charge one another for overnight loans used to provide needed capital to meet reserve requirements. The federal funds rate is the rate which the federal reserve may adjust thru open market operations such as the buying and selling of US treasuries. As of March 2010, the federal funds rate hovers between 0 and .25%.
The impact on the federal funds rate, by any policy, would depend on which policy is in question. Some policies will cause the federal funds rate to increase while other policies will cause the federal funds rate to decrease.
increase in bank reserves and a decrease in the federal funds rate
the discount rate
The federal funds rate is the interest rate banks charge on loans in the federal funds market. The federal funds rate is not set administratively by the Fed. Instead, the rate is determined by the supply of reserves relative to the demand for them.
Federal pass through funds are grants given to one organization to be passed through directly into the hands of another group. This is often done when the group that actually needs the funds cannot be funded directly by federal funds.
Congress has the ability to appropriate funds to be spent by the federal government.
Federal law prohibits federal funds including Medicaid funds, from being used to pay for an elective abortion
federal government.
Audit requirements are triggered by federal funds expended rather than funds received
No, they have not received any TARP funds or any other Federal funds.
Presidential candidates qualify for Federal election funds by registering for them. The candidates must raise individual contribution funds of $5000 in 20 of the States to receive matching funds.
The term that is used when federal funds are allocated to certain states or districts in forms of projects, grants, or contracts is a reward of Federal Funds. Over the years there has been misusage when it came to Federal Funds in different states.