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List eight areas in which the Fed has responsibility?
conducting the nation'smonetary policyby influencing money and credit conditions in the economy in pursuit of full employment and stable pricessupervising and regulatingbanking institutionsto ensure the safety and soundness of the nation's banking and financial system and to protect the credit rights of consumersmaintaining the stability of the financial system and containing systemic risk that may arise in financial marketsproviding certain financial services to the U.S.government, to the public, tofinancial institutions, and to foreign official institutions, including playing a major role in operating the nation's payments systems
To keep the balance of financial strength at a good level the Fed works to keep interest rates?
low in recessions and lets them increase in economic "boom" times
What kind of services banks provide?
Despository instritutions provide several services: Savings and money market accounts as a temporary storage of wealth, borrowing/lending practices, time deposit products (CD's), and they as a financial intermediary - that is, they transfer funds between institutions (debit/credit cards). The Federal Reserve System: Supplies the economy with currency, provides payment-clearing services (between financial intermediaries), holds depository instritutions reserves, acts as the governments bank (performes bank services for the Treasury), supervision and regulation of depository instritutions (retail banks), serves as a lendor to these retail banks (TARP fiasco). The Fed also regulates the money supply, invests in foreign currency markets to hedge against U.S. dollar inflation, and regulates nation interest rates to stabalize the economy.
What are the monetary tools policy?
The Fed, Federal Reserve System, has three tools to use for its monetary policy. 1. Open Operations - buying or selling securities from the privite sector to control money supply. 2. Discount Loans - Setting discount rate that privite sector banks would need to pay the Fed to borrow money from them. 3. Reserve requirements - sets amount of money banks must have in their vaults in case customers come take money out. The Fed's current monetary policy is price stability and implicitly controling inflation.
Why are saving accounts not subject to the fed reserve requirements?
savings accounts are not subject to the Fed's reserve requirements because savings accounts are not as liquid as checking accounts.
The Fed refers to?
When speaking about financial markets in the US, "The Fed" refers to the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States.
What are three word forms of feed?
fed fed feeding
What type of financial institution is Pen Fed?
PenFed is a federal credit union. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia and was founded in 1935. PenFed offers credit cards, loans, and checking and savings accounts.
What is services the fed performs for the treasury department?
It processes payments, such as Social Security checks.
What were the two occasions god fed the masses with five loaves and three fish?
Here it was Jesus and not god who fed the 5,000 people.
What is the fastest way to send flowers and gifts over seas?
According to fed-ex, their DHL services appears to have same day service in most cases. You can use the fed-ex services at your local store, but make sure you ask for their international express service.
What did the central banks do to stabilize the financial systems in 2007-2009?
As the financial crisis unfolded throughout the 2007-2009 time period, the Fed increased the amount of loans it extended to depository institutions. In 2009, the Fed reported earnings of $52.1 billion, of which $2.9 billion were gains on loans extended to depository institutions, primary dealers and others, according to a Fed press release on Jan. 12.
List eight areas in which the Fed has responsibility?
conducting the nation'smonetary policyby influencing money and credit conditions in the economy in pursuit of full employment and stable pricessupervising and regulatingbanking institutionsto ensure the safety and soundness of the nation's banking and financial system and to protect the credit rights of consumersmaintaining the stability of the financial system and containing systemic risk that may arise in financial marketsproviding certain financial services to the U.S.government, to the public, tofinancial institutions, and to foreign official institutions, including playing a major role in operating the nation's payments systems
What are the three basic with holding on a paycheck stub?
Fed, State & SS.
my dad has altz. he lives on a limited income, where can we go to help pay for his taxesproberty and state and fed.?
imedix.com offers support to family members of those with altz, it offers solutions for tax breaks.
How long does mail sent FED EX take from Philippines to California?
Fed Ex delivers first class mail from three to five days.
What is is a three letter word that starts with f and ends with d?
fad, fed
