The FR 2046 data are used to monitor
discount window borrowing. The Federal Reserve’s Regulation A,
Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks, requires that
Reserve Banks review balance sheet data in determining whether to
extend credit and to help ascertain whether undue use is made of
such credit. Depository institutions that borrow from the discount
window report on the FR 2046 certain balance sheet data for a
period that encompasses the dates of borrowing.
US Code:
12
USC 347b Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
US Code:
12 USC 461(b)(7) Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
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1320.8(b)(3).
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