Federal Reserve System, the First 100 Years
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 28
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The Federal Reserve System
Author: Carl H. Moore
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor more than 100 years since its inception, the United States struggled through a variety of financial problems, crises, and would-be solutions to the problems of currency, credit and financial stability. On December 23, 1913, Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Federal Reserve Act, creating a monster patterned after the central banks of Europe yet still uniquely American. Throughout the years, this system has served the nation well. This is the first complete discussion of the workings of the system to date--the early history, organization, leadership, evolution and development, and major figures. Appendices include the original Federal Act (not readily available elsewhere) and numerous reference tables covering 1914-1989.
The Federal Reserve System
Author: Donald R. Wells
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2017-01-27
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0786482192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Federal Reserve banking system was created in 1913 in an effort to bring coherence to nationwide banking practices and prevent crises like the financial panic of 1907. Since it began operating in 1914, the Federal Reserve has played a crucial role in determining American financial policy and practice. It is largely an entity unto itself, operating independently, rarely subject to the political machinations of Congress or the presidency. Yet few Americans know how it works, and even fewer know anything of its history. This history of the Federal Reserve begins by giving an overview of American banking practices before the Federal Reserve's formation. The events leading to the Reserve's creation, and its early trials and tribulations, are then documented. Subsequent chapters track the Federal Reserve's history: its role during times of financial and military crisis, its relationship to each presidential administration, and the Fed's evolution as its leadership has changed over the years. The history wraps up with the Alan Greenspan era, explaining major changes in the institution's operating procedures since the 1980s. An appendix lists all members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, from its formation until 2003.
100 Years of the Federal Reserve
Author: Bussing-Burks, Marie
Publisher: Anaphora Literary Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 1681140756
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinally a book about the Federal Reserve targeted for young readers. This book should help middle and high school students understand the U.S. economy and society better at a time when recessions, bank failures, and the growing deficit are regularly in the news. The book celebrates the 100th anniversary of the American Federal Reserve system.
The Federal Reserve System Purposes and Functions
Author: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780894991967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an in-depth overview of the Federal Reserve System, including information about monetary policy and the economy, the Federal Reserve in the international sphere, supervision and regulation, consumer and community affairs and services offered by Reserve Banks. Contains several appendixes, including a brief explanation of Federal Reserve regulations, a glossary of terms, and a list of additional publications.
Federal Reserve System, the First 1000 Years
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Origins, History, and Future of the Federal Reserve
Author: Michael D. Bordo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-03-25
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 1107328403
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains essays presented at a conference held in November 2010 to mark the centenary of the famous 1910 Jekyll Island meeting of leading American financiers and the US Treasury. The 1910 meeting resulted in the Aldrich Plan, a precursor to the Federal Reserve Act that was enacted by Congress in 1913. The 2010 conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Rutgers University, featured assessments of the Fed's near 100-year track record by prominent economic historians and macroeconomists. The final chapter of the book records a panel discussion of Fed policy making by the current and former senior Federal Reserve officials.
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Author: Virginius Gilmore Iden
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Fed at One Hundred
Author: David Howden
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-07-21
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 3319062158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne hundred years after its foundation, the Federal Reserve has been entrusted with an enormous expansion in its operating powers for the sake of reviving a sluggish economy during the financial crisis. The aim of the present volume is to present a thorough and fundamental analysis of the Fed in the recent past, as well as over the entire course of its history. In evaluating the origin, structure and performance of the Fed, the contributors to this volume critically apply the principles of Austrian monetary and business-cycle theory. It is argued that the Fed has done harm to the U.S. and increasingly, the global economy by committing two types of errors: theoretical errors stemming from an incorrect understanding of the optimal monetary system, and historical errors, found in episodes in which the Fed instigated an economic downturn or hindered a budding recovery. The book contains not only a critical analysis of the activities of the Fed over its history, but also a road map with directions for the future.
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1
Author: Allan H. Meltzer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 856
ISBN-13: 0226520005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis first volume of Allan H. Meltzer's history of the Federal Reserve System covers the period from the Federal Reserve's founding in 1913 through the Treasury-Federal Reserve Accord of 1951. To understand why the Federal Reserve acted as it did at key points in its history, Meltzer draws on meeting minutes, correspondence, and other internal documents (many made public only during the 1970s) to trace the reasoning behind its policy decisions. He explains why the Federal Reserve remained passive throughout most of the economic decline that led to the Great Depression, and how the Board's actions helped to produce the deep recession of 1937 and 1938. He also highlights the impact that individuals had on the institution, such as Benjamin Strong, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the 1920s, who played a large role in the adoption of a more active monetary policy by the Federal Reserve. From attempts to build a new international financial system at the London Monetary and Economic Conference of 1933 to the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 that established the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Meltzer also examines the influence the Federal Reserve has had on international affairs. The second, and last volume of this history covers the years 1951 to 1986 in two parts. These include the time of the Federal Reserve's second major mistake, the Great Inflation, and the subsequent disinflation. The volume summarizes the record of monetary policy during the inflation and disinflation.
