Federal Reserve district
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When Congress created the Federal Reserve System in 1913, lawmakers sought to diffuse power across 12 Federal Reserve district banks that were public-private hybrids with local boards consisting of local bankers, industrialists and community leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Dr. Jacob Viner of the University of Chicago was picked to head a staff of 50 fiscal experts drawn from Midwestern universities to comb the Chicago Federal Reserve district, considered typical of the whole country.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such cuts are usually followed by similar cuts at the rest of the twelve Federal Reserve district banks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau sent a platoon of professors into the Chicago Federal Reserve district to find out who was holding up credit expansion.
From Time Magazine Archive
If in time of stress the total reserves of the district are insufficient, the Federal Reserve Board may arrange for the temporary transfer of surplus funds from one Federal Reserve district to another.
From Problems in American Democracy by Thames Ross Williamson
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