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Mr. Holland, the Cocoa Beach finance director, says any discount-rate reductions should occur in small increments.

Board at Center of Pension Dispute Michael Corkery 2010

Some say that with governments grappling with budget deficits, it is unlikely that pension funds will change their discount-rate methodology unless they have to.

Public Pension-Fund Squeeze Jeannette Neumann 2011

Officials chose to announce the discount-rate increase between scheduled meetings of its policy committee in part to underscore the clear separation between this move and the move — still in the future — to lift more economically significant rates, according to Fed insiders.

Fed Officials Tell Markets They Aren't Tightening Broadly Michael S. Derby 2010

He called the discount-rate increase "a very small technical change."

Penford Ends Higher; Salix Shares Drop Shara Tibken 2010

While an improving economy and normalizing money markets allowed the central bank to start weaning the banking system off government credits, the discount-rate hike nevertheless raised worries among many market participants that a boost to the fed-funds rate, the benchmark for short-term interest rates for banks and consumers, could come sooner than they have anticipated.

Long-Term Treasurys Gain; Yield at 3.782% Min Zeng 2010

The discount-rate move didn't affect the Fed's main policy tool, the federal-funds rate, a Fed-influenced rate that banks charge each other on overnight loans.

Rate Rise Stirs Questions Jon Hilsenrath 2010

The discount-rate increase represents "another step along the path of monetary-policy normalization, which will eventually end in policy interest-rate increases," said Vassili Serebriakov, currency strategist at Wells Fargo in New York.

Euro Recovers With Growth-Sensitive Assets Fabio Alves 2010

Getting markets to view these shifts the way central bankers see them will be difficult — as evidenced by investors 'response to the discount-rate increase.

Fed Officials Tell Markets They Aren't Tightening Broadly Michael S. Derby 2010

The Fed argument that the discount-rate increase hasn't much economic impact, and the market's belief that it was the first salvo in tightening, highlight the communications difficulties the Fed faces as it steps away from the unorthodox steps it took in the past two years in response to the financial crisis.

Fed Officials Tell Markets They Aren't Tightening Broadly Michael S. Derby 2010

While Fed officials had said a discount-rate increase was coming, financial markets were still taken by surprise.

Fed Officials Tell Markets They Aren't Tightening Broadly Michael S. Derby 2010