Federal Reserve Board & Banks
The Federal Reserve Board oversees the financial services industry in the United States. It controls the issuance of currency, regulates member banks of the Federal Reserve System, and determines the establishment of bank branches, controls bank purchases and mergers, and regulates bank-holding companies. It also determines monetary policy, which affects interest rates and the money supply, indirectly affecting the level of economic activity, unemployment, and inflation. Raising the legal reserve requirements of member banks or when it sells government securities reduces the money supply and tightens credit. Lowering reserve requirements or buying securities has the opposite effect. The links included herein relate to the Federal Reserve Board and the member banks.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands: History of the Central Banking in the United States
The history of banking developments in the U.S., with particular emphasis on the 19th century including the Federal Reserve Act.
United States Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council: National Information Center
Comprehensive data on banks and other financial institutions regulated by the Federal Reserve Board, including U.S. branches of foreign banks.
United States Federal Reserve Bank, Saint Louis, Missouri: Federal Reserve Economic Data
National economic and financial data and regional data in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
United States Federal Reserve Board
Comprehensive data on banks and other financial institutions regulated by the Federal Reserve Board, including U.S. branches of foreign banks.
United States Federal Reserve Board: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Overview of the Federal Reserve System, extensive collection of reports, publications, statistics, and enforcement and oversight activities.
United States Federal Reserve Board: Community Reinvestment Act
Purposes and function of the Community Reinvestment Act, bank performance ratings, statistics, working papers, and consumer information.