The benefits of using FED discount operations to prevent bank panics are straightforward. What are the costs?

The benefits of using FED discount operations to prevent bank panics are straightforward. What are the costs?



Answer: The costs are that banks that deserve to go out of business because of poor management may survive because of fed discounting to prevent panics. This might lead to an inefficient banking system with many poorly run banks.

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