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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 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