reserve bank

noun

: a central bank holding reserves of other banks

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Among the voters, three presidents of the Fed’s regional reserve banks were rated most hawkish. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 June 2026 Because banks would deposit their reserves — deposits by the public that have not been loaned out to others — in their district federal reserve bank. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 24 May 2026 Limiting regional reserve banks' role in communicating monetary policy could reduce hawkish dissents. David Zhang, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026 Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller called for a shakeup in the US central bank’s operations, arguing that key functions should be centralized and subject to less consensus-building among its 12 regional reserve banks. Amara Omeokwe, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reserve bank

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reserve bank was in 1816

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“Reserve bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reserve%20bank. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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