The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. Its Board of Governors supervises bank holding companies, state member banks and systemically important financial institutions.
What they do
The Fed conducts monetary policy, supervises and regulates banking organisations, maintains financial stability, operates key payment systems, and enforces consumer-protection and AML requirements for the institutions under its remit.
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