Federal+Reserve+System

  • 11Federal Reserve System — Network of twelve central banks to which most national banks belong and to which state chartered banks may belong. Membership rules require investment of stock and minimum reserves. The Federal Reserve System was established in 1913 to give the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12Federal Reserve System — Federal Re|serve Sys|tem, the also the Fed informal the national banking system in the US, according to which the Federal Reserve Bank operates …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13Federal Reserve System Open Market Account — The Federal Reserve System Open Market Account(SOMA) is one of monetary policy tool used by Federal Reserve System. It consists of the Federal Reserve s domestic and foreign portfolios. The SOMA domestic portfolio consists of U.S. Treasury… …

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  • 14Federal Reserve System - FRS — The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 15Federal Reserve System — Fed The organization, consisting of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, that functions as the central bank of the USA. Created by the Federal Reserve Act 1913, the system controls monetary policy, regulates the cost of money and the money supply to… …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 16Federal Reserve System — FED The organization, consisting of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, that functions as the central bank of the USA. Created by the Federal Reserve Act (1913), the system controls monetary policy, regulates the cost of money and the money supply to… …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 17Federal Reserve System — Fed′eral Reserve′ Sys tem n. gov a U.S. federal banking system that is under the control of a central board of governors(Fed′eral Reserve′ Board )with a central bank(Fed′eral Reserve′ Bank )in each of 12 districts and that has wide powers in… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18Federal Reserve System — noun the organisation in the US which performs central bank functions, such as regulating the making of loans, the amount of reserves, etc., of member banks, and, in general, attempting to adjust banking practices to the needs of the nation s… …

  • 19Federal Reserve System — noun Date: 1919 the central banking system of the United States consisting of 12 districts with a Federal Reserve bank in the principal commercial city of each district …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20History of the Federal Reserve System — from its creation to the present. Central banking in the United States prior to the Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve System is the third central banking system in the United States history. The First Bank of the United States (1791 1811) and… …

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