Federal Reserve district
Americannoun
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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
Last week the most powerful group of money managers in the U.S., the presidents of the 12 Federal Reserve district banks, met in Washington to take a reading on the economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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In the Federal Reserve district covering Texas and parts of Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico, department-store sales for the four weeks ending Oct.
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What are the limits of the Federal Reserve district in which you live?
From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross
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