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GOVERNMENT: A political body exercising control and authority over a group of individuals. Governments allocate resources based on laws and the command of the government.

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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 3: The Fed Pyramid Page: 11 of 20

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  • The structure of the Fed, which is composed of: (a) Chairman of the Board of governors, (b) Board of Governors, (c) Federal Reserve Banks, (d) commercial banks, and (e) the non-bank public.
  • That the Board of Governors is the policy making body of the Fed, which sets the regulations, rules and policies affecting the money supply and the commercial banking system.
  • That the Fed is largely independent of the President and Congress.
  • The Federal Open Market Committee, which is responsible for monetary policy.
  • The Federal Advisory Council, which is totally advisory, does not set policy nor impose regulations.
  • That there are 37 Federal Reserve Banks responsible for implementing the policies and regulations of the Board of Governors.
  • Commercial banks that form the base of the Federal Reserve pyramid.

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VARIABLE INPUT

An input whose quantity can be changed in the time period under consideration. The most common example of a variable input is labor. Variable inputs provide the means used by a firm to control short-run production. The alternative to variable input is fixed input. A fixed input, like capital, provides the capacity constraint in production. As larger quantities of a variable input, like labor, are added to a fixed input like capital, the variable input becomes less productive, which is the law of diminishing marginal returns.

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