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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