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Federal Reserve Banks as fiscal agents and depositories of the United States in a changing financial environment

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  • Donna A. DeCorleto
  • Theresa A. Trimble

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Pursuant to the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Reserve Banks perform a number of services for the United States and for other entities as fiscal agents and depositories. These roles have evolved since the relevant provisions of the Federal Reserve Act were implemented in 1915. An article in the April 2000 Federal Reserve Bulletin described these activities as being mainly the issuance and redemption of securities and the processing of payments to and from the federal government. Although the basic fiscal agent services have not changed since the article was published in 2000, considerable changes have occurred in the way those services are provided. For example, the Treasury and the Reserve Banks have implemented new web-based technology to improve the federal government's provision of services, much the same as financial services firms have used web-based technology to improve the ways that they do business and communicate with their customers. This article reviews the evolution of the Reserve Banks' fiscal agent role since early in the twentieth century, and describes fiscal agent and depository services today.

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  • Donna A. DeCorleto & Theresa A. Trimble, 2004. "Federal Reserve Banks as fiscal agents and depositories of the United States in a changing financial environment," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), vol. 90(Aut), pages 435-446.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedgrb:y:2004:i:aut:p:435-446:n:v.90no.4
    DOI: 10.17016/bulletin.2004.90-4-1
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    Keywords

    Federal Reserve banks; Financial markets;

    JEL classification:

    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • N22 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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