discount window 貼現窗

discount window
繁：貼現窗
简：贴现窗

隨美聯儲局加息25點子後，香港金融管理局宣布，將貼現窗基本利率上調25點子至1.75厘。

【美國加息】金管局上調貼現窗基本利率25點子 報1.75厘（2017年12月14日）。蘋果日報，取自 https://hk.finance.appledaily.com/finance/realtime/article/20171214/57578933

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority raised the base rate charged through its overnight discount window by 25 basis points on Thursday to 1.75 percent.

Hong Kong’s central bank raises base rate 25 basis points after Fed hike. (2017, December 14). Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-economy-rates/hong-kongs-central-bank-raises-base-rate-25-basis-points-after-fed-hike-idUSKBN1E8045

Banks would also take overnight loans from the HKMA as secured loans, which helps reduce liquidity problems for banks and assists in assuring the basic stability of financial markets.

The facility through which banks can borrow Hong Kong dollar funds overnight from the HKMA is called “discount window”.

What different types of interest rates are and why they matter. (2017, June 15). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2098553/why-should-you-care-about-interest-rates