Federal Reserve Board

noun

: a 7-member board of governors overseeing the Federal Reserve System

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The Supreme Court also said that the holding did not apply to the Federal Reserve Board. Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 13 June 2025 The Federal Reserve Board terminated two 2011 consent orders: one from April 2011 related to residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing, and the other in July 2011 over mortgage lending practices at a former subsidiary. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025 When David graduated from Duke Law in 1964, more opportunities were available for Black students and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington hired him as its first African American attorney. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025 The majority devoted one of its four paragraphs of explanation to assuring the public—or, more precisely, the markets—that there is no need to fear for the independence of the Federal Reserve Board, which operates under for-cause removal protections. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Federal Reserve Board

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1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Federal Reserve Board was in 1920

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“Federal Reserve Board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Federal%20Reserve%20Board. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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