Question

The Fed offers three types of discount window loans. ______________ credit is offered to small institutions with demonstrable patterns of financing needs, _____________ credit is offered for short-term temporary funds outflows, and _____________ credit may be offered at a higher rate to troubled institutions with more severe liquidity problems. Multiple Choice Seasonal; extended; adjustment Seasonal; primary; secondary Adjustment; seasonal; extended Extended; adjustment; seasonal Adjustment; extended; seasonal

Answer 1

Seasonal; primary; secondary.

Step-by-step explanation:

A loan can be defined as an amount of money that is being borrowed from a lender and it is expected to be paid back at an agreed date with interest.

Generally, the financial institution such as a bank lending out the sum of money usually requires that borrower provides a collateral which would be taken over in the event that the borrower defaults (fails) in the repayment of the loan.

The Federal Reserve System ( popularly referred to as the 'Fed') was created by the Federal Reserve Act, passed by the U.S Congress on the 23rd of December, 1913. The Fed began operations in 1914 and just like all central banks, the Federal Reserve is a United States government agency. It comprises of twelve (12) Federal Reserve Bank regionally across the United States of America.

The Fed offers three types of discount window loans. Seasonal credit is offered to small institutions with demonstrable patterns of financing needs, primary credit is offered for short-term temporary funds outflows, and secondary credit may be offered at a higher rate to troubled institutions with more severe liquidity problems.