Federal Reserve Board

noun

: a 7-member board of governors overseeing the Federal Reserve System

Examples of Federal Reserve Board in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And while President Joe Biden has not tried to wield influence over the Federal Reserve Board one way or another, Powell occasionally faces pressure from the general public. —

Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024 Another contributor is Stephen Moore, who in 2019 withdrew his name for consideration for the Federal Reserve Board amid scrutiny for his misogynistic and racist jokes and commentary. —

Will Carless, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024 The Federal Reserve Board’s annual stress test found that banks would lose $685 billion in an economic downturn. —

Laura Bratton, Quartz, 28 June 2024 That claim had previously been fact checked by PolitiFact and was found to be supported by data from the Census Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board and independent analysis. —

Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Federal Reserve Board

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Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of Federal Reserve Board was in 1920

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