Federal Reserve bank
noun
: one of 12 reserve banks set up under the Federal Reserve Act to hold reserves and discount commercial paper for affiliated banks in their respective districts
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Getty Images Move over, model UN – researchers at George Washington University have made history by successfully building an AI model of a Federal Reserve bank committee meeting.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The Federal Reserve bank’s 2024 lawsuit was folded into a related dispute between Benworth and a technology company called Womply that Benworth partnered with to process PPP loans.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Those presidents come from Federal Reserve banks from New York and San Francisco to Chicago and Atlanta.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a 12-member body responsible for setting interest rates, is made up of the seven members of the Fed board as well as a rotating set of five Federal Reserve bank presidents.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
The board members, along with the five presidents of the regional Federal Reserve banks, make up the Federal Open Market Committee, which decides the Fed's key interest rate.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
The presidents of the regional Federal Reserve banks are selected by the boards of directors of those banks, but are subject to the approval of the Fed’s board of governors.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The Federal Reserve bank’s 2024 lawsuit was folded into a related dispute between Benworth and a technology company called Womply that Benworth partnered with to process PPP loans.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Those presidents come from Federal Reserve banks from New York and San Francisco to Chicago and Atlanta.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a 12-member body responsible for setting interest rates, is made up of the seven members of the Fed board as well as a rotating set of five Federal Reserve bank presidents.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
The board members, along with the five presidents of the regional Federal Reserve banks, make up the Federal Open Market Committee, which decides the Fed's key interest rate.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
The presidents of the regional Federal Reserve banks are selected by the boards of directors of those banks, but are subject to the approval of the Fed’s board of governors.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
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