The thesis is advanced-though with a recognition of the political difficulties involved-that the Federal Reserve Banks should not be forbidden to rediscount loans on stock exchange collateral, if they are to perform their best services for the country.
"The Value of Money"
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
This is especially true where there is, in the banking practice, a wide "rediscount market," in which he can sell these bills before maturity if he wishes to get even more liquid assets.
"The Value of Money"
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
Power to rediscount commercial paper seems a feeble and hardly relevant weapon against a combination concerned with purchasing securities, and making collateral loans!
"The Value of Money"
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.