Federal Reserve System

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The Federal Reserve System is the United States’ central banking system, responsible for conducting monetary policy, regulating banks, maintaining financial stability, and providing financial services to the government and financial institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central bank
independent government agency
chairTitle Chair of the Federal Reserve
country United States of America
currencyManaged US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
dateFounded 1913-12-23
foundedBy United States Congress
governingBody Federal Reserve Board of Governors
surface form: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
hasCommittee Federal Open Market Committee
hasPart Federal Open Market Committee
Federal Reserve System self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federal Reserve Banks

Federal Reserve Board of Governors
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
independenceCharacteristic operationally independent within government
ISO4217CurrencyCode US dollar
surface form: USD
legalBasis Federal Reserve Act of 1913
monetaryPolicyGoal maximum employment
moderate long-term interest rates
stable prices
monetaryPolicyTool discount rate
forward guidance
interest on reserve balances
open market operations
reserve requirements
numberOfFederalReserveBanks 12
primaryRole conducting monetary policy
maintaining financial stability
providing financial services to depository institutions
providing financial services to the U.S. government
regulating and supervising banks
providesService U.S. government securities services
check clearing
currency and coin distribution
electronic funds transfer
publishes Beige Book
FOMC statements
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Summary of Economic Projections
regionStructure 12 Federal Reserve Districts
regulatoryFunction consumer protection in financial services
systemic risk monitoring
reportsTo United States Congress
roleDuringCrisis lender of last resort
shortName Federal Reserve System self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve System self-linksurface differs
surface form: the Fed
supervises bank holding companies
foreign banking organizations in the United States
state-chartered member banks
website https://www.federalreserve.gov/

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Dallas Federal Reserve District partOf Federal Reserve System
San Francisco Federal Reserve District partOf Federal Reserve System
US centralBank Federal Reserve System
subject surface form: United States
RF regulator Federal Reserve System
subject surface form: Regions Financial Corporation
FDICIA affects Federal Reserve System
Riegle-Neal Act regulator Federal Reserve System
subject surface form: Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
BB&T regulator Federal Reserve System
BB&T memberOf Federal Reserve System