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7- appt 14 yrs
Board of Governors
Chairman
Ben Bernanke12 Federal
Reserve Banks
12
FOMC
12 Bankers
Federal Advisory Council
25 Branches
3000
Member Banks
1913
The Anatomy of a Dollar BillThe Anatomy of a Dollar Bill
Dollar Bill FactsDollar Bill Facts US currency bills are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches US currency bills are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches
long; they are .0043 inches thick and long; they are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram. weigh 1 gram. (All US currency was made smaller in 1928)(All US currency was made smaller in 1928)
All US Bills are cloth, not paper – 25% Cotton, 75% All US Bills are cloth, not paper – 25% Cotton, 75% Linen with red and blue synthetic fibers distributed Linen with red and blue synthetic fibers distributed throughout.throughout.
Currency is printed by the Bureau of Engraving Currency is printed by the Bureau of Engraving and printing. Each bill, regardless of denomination and printing. Each bill, regardless of denomination costs 4.2 cents to make. The BEP prints 16,650,000 $1 costs 4.2 cents to make. The BEP prints 16,650,000 $1 bills each day. bills each day.
The $1 bill has an average lifetime of 18-22 months. The $1 bill has an average lifetime of 18-22 months. Damaged bills are returned to the Fed and shredded. Damaged bills are returned to the Fed and shredded. Last year, the Fed destroyed around $7.5B worth of Last year, the Fed destroyed around $7.5B worth of currencycurrency
Issuing Federal Reserve District 2 = New York City
Seal of Issuing Federal Reserve District B = New York City
Seal of US Treasury
Engraving Plate Identifier and Bill Location Identifier
Signatures of Treasurer and Treasury Secretary
Engraving Plate Serial Number
Serial Number
Design Date
Great Seal of the US
“In God We Trust” added by Eisenhower in 1957
The Great Seal (Front)The Great Seal (Front)
13 leaves in the Olive 13 leaves in the Olive Branch (Right Talon)Branch (Right Talon)
13 arrows in left talon13 arrows in left talon 13 stars overhead13 stars overhead 13 Stripes on Shield 13 Stripes on Shield
(Blue Bar represents (Blue Bar represents congress) congress)
E Pluribus Unum: E Pluribus Unum: “From Many Comes “From Many Comes One”One”
The Great Seal (Back)The Great Seal (Back) The Pyramid had 13 steps The Pyramid had 13 steps MDCCLXXV1 = 1776MDCCLXXV1 = 1776 The Pyramid is unfinished The Pyramid is unfinished
(the US is an ongoing (the US is an ongoing project)project)
The western face is dark (the The western face is dark (the western US had yet to be western US had yet to be exploredexplored
The deity watches over usThe deity watches over us Annuit Coeptus = “God Has Annuit Coeptus = “God Has
Favored our Undertakings”Favored our Undertakings” Novus Ordo Seclorum = “A Novus Ordo Seclorum = “A
New Order Has Begun”New Order Has Begun”
Functions of the Fed:
• Regulates financial institutions
• Issues coin and currency
• Manages money supply
• Makes short term loans to banks
• Provides banking services to Gov’t
• Provides financial services to banks
Keeping a sound money system:
•Destroys unfit money
•Detects counterfeit money
•Removes obsolete bills
Services to Government:
• Accepts deposits
• Issues checks
• Redeems bonds and gov’t securities
Services to Banks:
• Distributes currency
• Clears checks (Clearing House)
• Transfers money
• Makes loans to banks
• Supervises banks
You Your Friend
Friend’s Bank
Federal Reserve San Francisco
Federal Reserve Philadelphia
Your BankCheck
Clearing
Sources of Income
• Interest on Government Securities
• Interest on short term loans
• Fees for services i.e.. Check clearing
The Fed’s main function is:
Monetary Policy- controlling the money
supply.
Three tools the Fed uses to control the money supply:
• Discount Rate
• Reserve Requirement
• Open Market Operations
Discount Rate: The interest rate that the Fed charges member banks for short term loans.
Reserve Requirement: The percentage of a banks deposits that must be set aside and not loaned.
Open Market Operations:The buying and selling of Government Securities (Bonds).
Fed Buys`
Fed Sells
The Fed
13 Fill-In (word bank)
12 True, False
9 Multiple Choice
3 Lists (of 3)
1 Chart
In Your Journal
• Paragraph form• What happens if there is too much or too little
money in the economy? (What conditions occur? Use the words recession and inflation)
• What could the Fed do to fix these issues?– Reserve Requirement
– Discount Rate
– Open Market Operations