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Noun: Federal Reserve
  1. The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
    "the Federal Reserve seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply";
    - Federal Reserve System, Fed [informal], FRS

Type of: central bank

Encyclopedia: Federal Reserve