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federal reserve
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Noun federal reserve has 1 sense
- federal reserve(n = noun.group) fed, federal reserve system, frs - the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply" is a kind of central bank
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