When you need to borrow money, you usually go to a bank or a credit union. But when a bank needs to borrow money, where does it go? Thanks to the discount rate, they can go to the Federal Reserve for ...

What is the difference between the fed funds rate and the discount rate? Robert 'Bob' Powell answers this question as part of Decoding Retirement's special segment, Ask Bob. Chris Ceder, Goldman Sachs ...

In regulatory cost benefit analysis the discount rate translates future value to present terms. Regulatory costs, such as investments in pollution control equipment or redesigning nutrition labels, ...

On the front lines of investment assessment, an unknown truth is hidden. The same biomass power project is approved as ...