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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 With a regional reserve bank, any commercial bank, especially small ones, could go to that regional Fed and borrow funds to tide them over.—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 22 Feb. 2026 Though the regional reserve banks act independently and hire their own presidents, the moves are subject to board approval in Washington, D.C.—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reserve bank