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FEDERAL RESERVE DEPOSITS: Deposits that commercial banks keep with the Federal Reserve System. Federal Reserve deposits, together with vault cash are the bank reserves that banks use to back up customers' deposits and otherwise conduct daily transactions, such as processing checks and satisfying customers cash withdrawals. Federal Reserve deposits play three key roles in the banking system. One, they are used by the Federal Reserve system to process of clear checks. Two, they are loaned between commercial banks through the federal funds market. Three, they are used by the Federal Reserve System to control the money supply.
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ECONOMIST A person who specializes in economics, especially through the study of economic theories and the accumulated body of economic knowledge. Economists spend their working lives at universities, colleges, government agencies, banks, insurance companies, and multinational corporations. They study economic events, analyze government policies, undertake scientific investigations, and of course pass along economic information to eager students and others seeking enlightenment.
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The New York Stock Exchange was established by a group of investors in New York City in 1817 under a buttonwood tree at the end of a little road named Wall Street.
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