Federal Reserve System

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The Eccles building in Washington, D.C. is the headquarters of the Board of governors of the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of The United States. It is also known as The Federal Reserve, or more informally The Fed. The current chairman of the Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve's leader is Ben Bernanke.

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The Federal Reserve Banks

What a Federal Reserve Bank does

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