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Federal Reserves Act
Title: Federal Reserves Act
Category: History
Details: Words: 679 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Federal Reserves Act
In 1913 Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act, which created the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Act was passed to help make a more sound banking system and healthy economy. The components of this system are: the Board of Directors, 12 Federal Reserve banks and the Federal Open Market Committee. The Fed has a variety of functions, but I will only talk of a few. It acts as a bank to the banks, it functions as …showed first 75 words of 679 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 679 total…and it has worked. With its variety of functions the Federal Reserve System has managed to help ensure a sound banking system and a healthy economy.
Works Cited
Dodwell, David William. Treasuries and Central Banks. London: P>S King & Son, LTD, 1934.
Moore, Carl H. The Federal Reserve System: A History of the First 75 Years. North Carolina: McFarland & Co., Inc, 1990.
US Bd. of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve System, Purposes & Functions. Washington: 1984.
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