Federal reserve and monetary policy

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board of governors

7 governors

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how many federal reserve banks

12

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federal open market committee

main policy making body

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monetary policy

major process by which the fed normally impacts the economy is through setting the target fed funds rate

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fed funds rate

rate changed by banks on short-term (overnight) loans of reserves

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required reserves

reserves that banks must hold by law to back a portion of their customer deposits.

  • Typically, it has been 10%.

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excess reserves

reserves held by banks at the fed that exceed the minimum requirements