Fed’s Emergency Loans to Banks Fall for Fourth Straight Week

  • Borrowing from new facility falls for first time since opening
  • Combined loans to banks totaled $139.5 billion in latest week
WATCH: Bank borrowing from two Fed lending facilities declined for a fourth straight week. Valerie Tytel reports.Source: Bloomberg

Banks reduced their borrowings from two Federal Reserve backstop lending facilities for a fourth straight week as liquidity constraints continue to ease following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last month.

US banks had a combined $139.5 billion in outstanding borrowings in the week through April 12, compared with $148.7 billion the previous week, Fed data showed Thursday.

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Fed’s Emergency Loans to Banks Fall for Fourth Straight Week