Discount rate: Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1990-2021

In the United States, the average discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York decreased overall, albeit with fluctuation, between 1990 and 2021. In 2021, the discount rate averaged 0.25 percent - a decrease from the previous year, when the average discount rate was 0.58 percent. At the beginning of the time period under observation, the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York averaged about seven percent, so there has been an overall decrease of around 6.75 percent since then.