Federal Reserve Bank
A Federal Reserve Bank is one of the regional reserve banks that implement policy, supervise banks, and support payments.
Federal Reserve terms for the Fed system, Board, banks, districts, chair, and member banks.
Federal Reserve Institutions and Governance covers central-bank institutions, reserve systems, money aggregates, liquidity facilities, and policy tools that affect interest rates, bank funding, currencies, and financial-market conditions.
Use these pages when a finance question depends on a policy rate, reserve requirement, central-bank balance sheet, liquidity operation, money-supply measure, or official monetary institution. It sits inside Federal Reserve System and U.S. Policy, so readers can move up when the broader economics context matters.
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| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Federal Reserve Bank | A Federal Reserve Bank is one of the regional reserve banks that implement policy, supervise banks, and support payments. |
| Federal Reserve Board (FRB) | The Federal Reserve Board is the governing board of the Federal Reserve System, overseeing policy, supervision, and system administration. |
| Federal Reserve Chair | The Federal Reserve Chair is the head of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the United States. |
| Federal Reserve District | A Federal Reserve district is a regional area served by one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. |
| Federal Reserve System | The Federal Reserve System is the U.S. central banking system responsible for monetary policy, bank supervision, payments, and stability. |
| Member Bank | A member bank is a commercial bank that belongs to the Federal Reserve System and holds stock in its regional Reserve Bank. |
Central-bank terms are educational context; they are not rate forecasts or recommendations to borrow, lend, trade, or invest.
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A Federal Reserve Bank is one of the regional reserve banks that implement policy, supervise banks, and support payments.
The Federal Reserve Board is the governing board of the Federal Reserve System, overseeing policy, supervision, and system administration.
The Federal Reserve Chair is the head of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the United States.
A Federal Reserve district is a regional area served by one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks.
The Federal Reserve System is the U.S. central banking system responsible for monetary policy, bank supervision, payments, and stability.
A member bank is a commercial bank that belongs to the Federal Reserve System and holds stock in its regional Reserve Bank.