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Main Functions Of The Federal Reserve System

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The Federal Reserve System is the nation’s central bank. Its main functions include conducting America’s monetary policy, supervising/regulating smaller banks and protects consumers’ credit rights. It also maintains the stability of our financial system and provides financial services to the government, the public, financial institutions (both foreign and domestic). The last thing it does is make loans to commercial banks and is authorized to issue America’s supply of paper money. The tools they use include: the federal fund rate, the discount rate, and reserve requirements. The federal fund rate is that at which banks charge each other for loans and is considered to be the most important. The discount rate is the set rate banks pay when banks

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