Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20551. Text over image of eagle and building The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, was founded by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. Text over image of Board seal.

Breaking News

* Speech by Chairman Bernanke on energy and the economy

* Request for public comment on a consultation paper pertaining to intraday liquidity management and the Board's Payment System Risk Policy

* Speech by Governor Kroszner on why yield curves are so flat and long rates so low globally

* Federal financial regulators announce release of Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina: Preparing Your Institution for a Catastrophic Event

* Beige Book

* Speech by Governor Bies on a supervisor’s perspective on mortgage markets and mortgage lending practices


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G.19 Consumer Credit

G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization

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Last Update: June 15, 2006

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Features

Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2005 (221 KB PDF)
Federal Reserve Bulletin Article

Public hearings
on home equity lending

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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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