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The Federal Reserve and You: What Is the Federal Reserve?
View a collection of brief informational videos highlighting how the Federal Reserve serves the U.S. economy from its general formation to Gross Domestic Product to the Business Cycle.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: The Federal Reserve and You
A video featuring the role the Federal Reserve plays in supervising financial institutions across the United States for quality control.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: The Federal Reserve and You
A video highlighting the history behind the Federal Reserve's role in regulating financial institutions in the United States.
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Federal Reserve and You: The Payment Systems
View this video to understand the role the Federal Reserve plays in cash services and electronic payments.
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Federal Reserve and You: Boom Times & Bubbles the Internet Age
A video that discusses how the 1980's was a time of deregulation and changes in the operation of the Fed. Learn about how the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act changed how the Fed did business. Also learn...
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Federal Reserve and You: Stagflation in the 1970s
Learn how inflation, high gas prices, a bad recession, and other issues gave rise to stagflation during the 1970's in this video. Also learn how the Federal Reserves was able to maximize employment, lower inflation, and spur economic...
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Federal Reserve and You: World War Ii Through the 1960s
Learn how the U.S. Government worked with the Fed to ensure interest rates stay low in order to finance World War II in this video. Also learn about the Federal-Treasury Accord which was reached to help the Fed strive to achieve low...
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Federal Reserve and You: The Fed's Role Today
A video explaining the Federal Reserves three major tasks that keep the American economy running. [2:30]
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Federal Reserve and You: Creation of the Federal Reserve
A video describing how banking failures led to the creation of the Federal Reserve System. Learn about its early history and how it has evolved into what it is today. [4:12]
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Federal Reserve and You: Payment Systems
A video describing one of the key roles of the Federal Reserve bank which is to ensure our payments are safe, secure, and efficient. Understand why it is important for the Federal Reserve to monitor the movement of money to support the...
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Federal Reserve and You: The Money Supply
Did you know that the money supply can be calculated? This video explains how economist calculate the total amount of money available in the economy at any time. [0:43]
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Federal Reserve and You: The Transparency of the Federal Reserve
The Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System explains what mechanisms are in place to make certain that information is openly available to the public regarding the activities of the central bank.
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Federal Reserve and You: The State and National Banking Period
Learn what happened in the United States banking system without a national bank. [2:04]
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Federal Reserve and You: Monetary Policy
Explore how the Fed adjusts their monetary policy to encourage a healthy economy in this video! Understand how this monetary policy dictates the money banks have to lend. Also understand how the monetary policy effects interest rates....
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Khan Academy: Banking and Money: Banking 11: A Reserve Bank
This video lecture provides an introduction to the idea of a reserve bank. [11:28]
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Khan Academy: Banking and Money: Federal Reserve Balance Sheet
Analysis of the federal reserve balance sheet as of Feb 2007. [9:57]
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Khan Academy: Fractional Reserve Banking: Full Reserve Banking
Overview of full reserve banking in comparison to fractional reserve banking. [7:32]
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Khan Academy: Frb Commentary 2: Deposit Insurance
Sal Khan offers commentary on the weaknesses of fractional reserve banking, the FDIC, and deposit insurance and its side effects. [17:19]