Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
Sort by: Date / Title Showing Items: 1 - 53 of 53Banking and Currency: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 7837 (S. 2639), a Bill to Provide for the Establishment of Federal Reserve Banks, for Furnishing an Elastic Currency, Affording Means of Rediscounting Commercial Paper, and to Establish a More Effective Supervision of Banking in the United States, and for Other Purposes
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These hearings, chaired by Robert Owen and held September 2 through October 27, 1913 were held to discuss passage of the Federal Reserve Act. They are published in three volumes, as Senate Document 232, 63rd Congress, 1st Session. An index is provided at the end of Volume III.
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63/1:S.Doc.232/
OCLC:
6246370
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Banking and Currency: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 7837 (S. 2639), a Bill to Provide for the Establishment of Federal Reserve Banks, for Furnishing an Elastic Currency, Affording Means of Rediscounting Commercial Paper, and to Establish a More Effective Supervision of Banking in the United States, and for Other Purposes, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=429
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Erection of an Office Building by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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These reports were submitted to accompany S. J. Res. 208, giving favorable recommendation for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to enter into contracts for the erection of buildings for its head office and Little Rock branch.
OCLC:
741309880
Citation:
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Erection of an Office Building by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=209
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- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
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Broker's Loans : Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on S. Res. 113, A Resolution Favoring a Restriction of Loans by Federal Reserve Banks for Speculative Purposes, February 9, 29, and March 7, 1928
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Includes text of S. Res. 113.
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Y 4.B 22/3:B 78
OCLC:
8987996
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Broker's Loans : Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on S. Res. 113, A Resolution Favoring a Restriction of Loans by Federal Reserve Banks for Speculative Purposes, February 9, 29, and March 7, 1928, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/congressional/1928sen_brokersloans.pdf
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Operation of the National and Federal Reserve Banking Systems. Hearings before the Committee on banking and currency, United States, Seventy-second Congress, first session, on S. 4115, a bill to provide for the safer and more effective use of the assets of federal reserve banks and of national banking asociations, to regulate interbank control, to prevent the undue diversion of funds into speculative operations, and for other purposes.
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Hearings on S. 4115, Seventy-second Congress, first session, also referred to as the Banking Act of 1932. These hearings were published in two parts: Part 1, March 23 to 25, 1932, and Part 2, March 28 to 30, 1932.
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Y 4.B 22/3:N 21/5/
OCLC:
6248973
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Operation of the National and Federal Reserve Banking Systems. Hearings before the Committee on banking and currency, United States, Seventy-second Congress, first session, on S. 4115, a bill to provide for the safer and more effective use of the assets of federal reserve banks and of national banking asociations, to regulate interbank control, to prevent the undue diversion of funds into speculative operations, and for other purposes., [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=389
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Federal Credit Union System: Report [to Accompany S. 1639]
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Report No. 555
Date:
1934/03/20,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1934, Federal Credit Union System: Report [to Accompany S. 1639], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/009_05_0012.pdf
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Stock Exchange Practices. Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency Pursuant to S.Res. 84 and S.Res. 56 and S.Res. 97.
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This series of hearings, also known as the Pecora Commission hearings, was conducted by a subcommittee of the United States Senate Banking and Currency Committee between 1932 and 1934. The hearings investigated stock exchange practices and their effect on American commerce, the national banking system, and the government securities market. They also addressed issues of tax evasion and avoidance. The record of the hearings includes more than 12,000 printed pages with more than 1,000 exhibits received in evidence. Originally authorized by Senate Resolution 84 on March 2, 1932, the scope of the investigation was broadened with by Senate Resolution 56 on April 4, 1933 and Senate Resolution 97 on June 8, 1933. Prior to the appointment of Ferdinand Pecora on January 24, 1933, Claude Branch, William A. Gray and John Marrinan served as legal counsel for the early hearings. The transcripts were published in two series. The initial six parts covered the the work authorized by Resolution 84. The second 20 parts and final report document the expanded scope of the investigation after the passage of Resolutions 56 and 97.
The work of this committee set the stage for the Banking Act of 1933, the Securities Act of 1933, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Parts 1-6, April 11-May 25, 1933, were digitized by Internet Archive.
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Y4.B22/3:St6/5, Y4.B2/3:ST6/2/
OCLC:
2421213, 1123946, 5620884
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Stock Exchange Practices. Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency Pursuant to S.Res. 84 and S.Res. 56 and S.Res. 97., [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=87
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Amendments to Banking Laws: Report [To Accompany S. 3748]
Description:
Report No. 1260
Date:
1934/06/06,
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1934, Amendments to Banking Laws: Report [To Accompany S. 3748], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/009_05_0017.pdf
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Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to Be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-Fourth Congress, First Session, April 15 and 19, 1935
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Transcript from hearings at which Eccles testified during confirmation process for appointment to Board of Governors.
Date:
1935/04/15,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1935, Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to Be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-Fourth Congress, First Session, April 15 and 19, 1935, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/019_06_0013.pdf
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Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board: Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session on the Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board, April 15 and 19, 1935
Description:
Marriner Stoddard Eccles (1870-1977) served as the 7th Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1934 until 1948. He continued as a member of the Board until 1951. He was nominated for the position by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 and confirmed by the Senate in 1935. A Utah banker and entrepreneur before and after his public service at the Treasury and Federal Reserve, he was involved in the creation of the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Eccles Building that houses the headquarters of the Federal Reserve is named after him.
SUDOC:
Y.4 B22/3:F 31/21
OCLC:
14066178
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board: Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session on the Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board, April 15 and 19, 1935, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/eccles_confirmation.pdf
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Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board
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Hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, 74th Congress, 1st Session.
Date:
1935/04/19,
Citation:
Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977 and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1935, Nomination of Marriner S. Eccles to be a Member of
the Federal Reserve Board, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/013_05_0003.pdf
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Banking Act of 1935: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 1715 and H.R. 7617, Bills to Provide for the Sound, Effective, and Uninterrupted Operation of the Banking System, and for Other Purposes. Consolidated. April 19 to June 3, 1935.
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Includes testimony by Winthrop Aldrich, Marriner Eccles, Charles Hamlin, Adolph Miller, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Oliver M.W. Sprague, M.S. Szymczak, Frank Vanderlip, James P. Warburg, and Owen D. Young, among other bankers and community leaders. Senators Carter Glass and William G. McAdoo were members of this committee.
The Banking Act of 1935 reorganized the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and enlarged the supervisory powers of the FDIC.
OCLC:
15274957
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Banking Act of 1935: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 1715 and H.R. 7617, Bills to Provide for the Sound, Effective, and Uninterrupted Operation of the Banking System, and for Other Purposes. Consolidated. April 19 to June 3, 1935., [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/senate_bankact1935.pdf
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To Amend the National Housing Act
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Excerpt from hearings. Statement of Marriner S. Eccles before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate. Statement of Charles Garrison Meyer. Includes markings throughout.
Date:
1937/12/08,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1937, To Amend the National Housing Act, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/063_09_0001.pdf
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Works Financing Act of 1939. Hearings... on S. 2759, a bill to provide for the Construction and financing of self-liquidating projects, and for other purposes. July 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20, 1939. [Excerpt]
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Includes Eccles' statement and testimony.
Date:
1939/07/19,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1939, Works Financing Act of 1939. Hearings... on S. 2759, a bill to provide for the Construction and financing of self-liquidating projects, and for other purposes. July 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20, 1939. [Excerpt], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/064_11_0011.pdf
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National Monetary and Banking Policy: Questionnaire Relative to S. Res. 125 (Approved August 4, 1939)
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Includes list of topics to be explored by the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency in a comprehensive study (with hearings) of national monetary and banking policy. Topics are organized by federal agency.
Date:
1939/08/04,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1939, National Monetary and Banking Policy: Questionnaire Relative to S. Res. 125 (Approved August 4, 1939), from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/038_10_0009.pdf
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National Monetary and Banking Policy : Questionnaire Relative to S. Res. 125
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A questionnaire relative to S. Res. 125 (approved August 4, 1939) sent to the Treasury Department, Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Banks, Department of Commerce, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, State Bank Supervisors, and American Bankers Association and Association of Reserve City Bankers. Printed for the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, 76th Congress, 3rd session, as part of a study on possible national monetary and banking policy by which the monetary and banking authorities of the Federal Government shall be guided and governed, and recommendations on the character of governmental machinery best calculated to carry out such policy.
OCLC:
9191126
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), National Monetary and Banking Policy : Questionnaire Relative to S. Res. 125, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/congressional/1940sen_nmbpq.pdf
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Wartime Suspension of Certain Provisions of Federal Reserve Act: Hearing… on S. 700, a Bill to Amend Section 12b and Section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act during the Continuance of the War and for Six Months after Its Termination, February 17, 1943
Description:
Includes statements by Eccles and Leo T. Crowley.
Date:
1943/02/17,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1943, Wartime Suspension of Certain Provisions of Federal Reserve Act: Hearing… on S. 700, a Bill to Amend Section 12b and Section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act during the Continuance of the War and for Six Months after Its Termination, February 17, 1943, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/065_05_0002.pdf
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Amending Sections 16 and 18 of the Federal Reserve Act: Hearing… on S. 658, a Bill to Repeal the Sixth Paragraph of Section 18 of the Federal Reserve Act, and S. 1041, a Bill to Extend the Period During Which Direct Obligations…
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S. 1041: A bill to extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve Notes; includes Eccles' testimony.
Date:
1943/05/04,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1943, Amending Sections 16 and 18 of the Federal Reserve Act: Hearing… on S. 658, a Bill to Repeal the Sixth Paragraph of Section 18 of the Federal Reserve Act, and S. 1041, a Bill to Extend the Period During Which Direct Obligations…, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/065_06_0001.pdf
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Reduction in Reserve Ratio for Federal Reserve Notes and Deposits: Hearings… on S. 510, a Bill to Amend Sections 11 (c) and 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as Amended, and for Other Purposes, February 20, 28, and March 7, 1945
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Transcript from hearing on S. 510 from February 20, 28, and March 7, 1945; includes testimony by Eccles and W. Randolph Burgess.
Date:
1945/02/20,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1945, Reduction in Reserve Ratio for Federal Reserve Notes and Deposits: Hearings… on S. 510, a Bill to Amend Sections 11 (c) and 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as Amended, and for Other Purposes, February 20, 28, and March 7, 1945, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/065_10_0008.pdf
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Reduction in Reserve Ratio for Federal Reserve Notes and Deposits: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-Ninth Congress, First Session, on S. 510, a Bill to Amend Sections 11 (C) and 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
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Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session, on S. 510, a bill to amend sections 11 (c) and 16 of the Federal reserve act, as amended, and for other purposes. February 20, 28, and March 7, 1945. The bill had the following intentions:
(1) Extend indefinitely the authority of the Federal Reserve banks to pledge United States Government securities against Federal Reserve notes issued by the Federal Reserve agents. Existing authority was set to expire June 30, 1945.
(2) Reduce the requirements of reserves to be held by Federal Reserve banks in gold certificates against Federal Reserve notes in circulation and gold certificates or lawful money against deposits, to a uniform minimum in gold certificates against combined note and deposit liabilities.
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Y 4.B 22/3:F 31/26
OCLC:
10542202
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Reduction in Reserve Ratio for Federal Reserve Notes and Deposits: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-Ninth Congress, First Session, on S. 510, a Bill to Amend Sections 11 (C) and 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as Amended, and for Other Purposes, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/congressional/1945sen_reducresratio.pdf
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Increasing the Lending Authority of the Export-Import Bank of Washington: Report to Accompany H. R. 3771
Description:
Report No. 490, to accompany H. R. 3771.
Date:
1945/07/19,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1945, Increasing the Lending Authority of the Export-Import Bank of Washington: Report to Accompany H. R. 3771, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/038_11_0001.pdf
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1946 Extension of the Emergency Price Control and Stabilization Acts of 1942, as Amended: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2028, a Bill to Amend the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
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V.1. Hearings, April 15-May 1, 1946.
V.2. Hearings May 2-10, 1946 [and] Appendix I and II.
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Y 4. B 22/3:P 93/4/v.1-2
OCLC:
9055923
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), 1946 Extension of the Emergency Price Control and Stabilization Acts of 1942, as Amended: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2028, a Bill to Amend the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as Amended, and for Other Purposes, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=406
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Related Publications:
- 1946 Extension of the Emergency Price Control and Stabilization Acts of 1942, as Amended: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5270, a Bill to Amend the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as Amended, and the Stabilization act of 1942, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
- Public Law 548, 79th Congress, Chapter 671, 2d Session H.J. Res. 371 : Joint Resolution Extending the Effective Period of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as Amended, and the Stabilization Act of 1942, as Amended
Anglo-American Financial Agreement
Description:
Statement of Marriner Eccles before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, followed by a question and answer session.
Date:
1946/03/08,
Citation:
Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977 and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1946, Anglo-American Financial Agreement, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/036_08_0001.pdf
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Anglo-American Financial Agreement
Description:
Transcript of committee hearing on the British Loan; Eccles testified in support of the loan.
Date:
1946/03/08,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1946, Anglo-American Financial Agreement, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/067_07_0002.pdf
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Implementation of the Financial Agreement Dated December 6, 1945, Between the United States and the United Kingdom: Report [To Accompany S. J. Res. 138]
Description:
Report No. 1160, submitted by Senator Barkley of the Committee on Banking and Currency regarding SJ Res 138.
Date:
1946/04/10,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1946, Implementation of the Financial Agreement Dated December 6, 1945, Between the United States and the United Kingdom: Report [To Accompany S. J. Res. 138], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/067_07_0006.pdf
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Direct Purchases of Government Securities By Federal Reserve Banks: Report [to Accompany H.R. 2413]
Description:
Committee report No. 116; regarding HR 2413, a bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act.
Date:
1947/03/10,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1947, Direct Purchases of Government Securities By Federal Reserve Banks: Report [to Accompany H.R. 2413], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/067_11_0002.pdf
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Federal Reserve Assistance in Financing Small Business: Hearing on S. 408, A Bill to Repeal Section 13B of the Federal Reserve Act, to Amend Section 13 of the Said Act, and for Other Purposes
Description:
Includes: Guaranties of Business Loans through the Federal Reserve System: Report No. 145 to accompany S. 408
Date:
1947/04/17,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1947, Federal Reserve Assistance in Financing Small Business: Hearing on S. 408, A Bill to Repeal Section 13B of the Federal Reserve Act, to Amend Section 13 of the Said Act, and for Other Purposes, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/067_12_0004.pdf
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Government Credit [Hearings], [Excerpt]
Description:
Pages 221-271. Transcript from hearings before House Banking and Currency Committee on May 23 and May 27, 1947; testimony from business and labor leaders and elected officials on consumer credit and Regulation W.
Date:
1947/05/23,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1947, Government Credit [Hearings], [Excerpt], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/068_05_0001.pdf
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Bill to Provide for Control and Regulation of Bank Holding Companies, and for Other Purposes
Description:
S. 829. Committee Print No. 2. Bank Holding Company Act of 1947.
Date:
1947/06/13,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1947, Bill to Provide for Control and Regulation of Bank Holding Companies, and for Other Purposes, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/017_10_0004.pdf
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Consumer Credit Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on Regulation W, June 25 and July 2, 1947 [Excerpt]
Description:
Testimony of Senate committee hearings on Regulation W, June 25 and July 2, 1947; pages 1-22, (which contain Eccles' statement) are missing.
Date:
1947/06/25,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1947, Consumer Credit Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on Regulation W, June 25 and July 2, 1947 [Excerpt], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/068_05_0002.pdf
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Provision for Regulation of Consumer Installment Credit for a Temporary Period: Report to Accompany S. J. Res 157
Description:
Report No. 775
Date:
1947/12/12,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1947, Provision for Regulation of Consumer Installment Credit for a Temporary Period: Report to Accompany S. J. Res 157, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/041_01_0001.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Includes "Guaranties of Business Loans through the Federal Reserve System: Report No. 145 to accompany S. 408" (Senate) and "Statement in Connection with Proposed Bill to Repeal Section 13b and Amend Section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act" (FR Board).
Date:
1947/12/12,
Citation:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency and Young, Ralph A., 1947, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/068_08_0002.pdf
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Confirmation of Thomas B. McCabe: Hearings, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmation of Nomination of Thomas Bayard McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 3, 10, 24, and 30, 1948
Description:
Thomas Bayard McCabe (1893-1982) served as the 8th Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1948 to 1951. He was nominated by President Harry S. Truman. Rising to Captain in the U.S. Army during World War I, he then joined the Scott Paper Company, where he served as president and CEO between 1927 and 1967.
SUDOC:
Y.4 B22/3:M 12
OCLC:
21727519
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Confirmation of Thomas B. McCabe: Hearings, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmation of Nomination of Thomas Bayard McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 3, 10, 24, and 30, 1948, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/mccabe_confirmation.pdf
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Letter to Mr. Marriner S. Eccles
Description:
Includes attachments: "Operations of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Report No. 974 [To Accompany S. 2287]," and "S. 2287: A Bill to Amend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as Amended, and for Other Purposes."
Date:
1948/03/18,
Citation:
Buck, C. Douglass and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1948, Letter to Mr. Marriner S. Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/057_12_0001.pdf
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Inflation Control: Extract from Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on Control of Inflation. Inflation: Dangers and Remedies
Description:
Statement of Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency; title of statement is "Inflation: Dangers and Remedies."
Date:
1948/08/04,
Citation:
Keyserling, Leon H. and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1948, Inflation Control: Extract from Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on Control of Inflation. Inflation: Dangers and Remedies, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/068_10_0010.pdf
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For the Establishment of the National Monetary Commission: Report [to Accompany S. 1559]
Description:
Senate Report No. 431, to accompany S. 1559, 81st Congress, 1st session, favorably recommends that the bill for the establishment of a National Monetary Commission should pass. The National Monetary Commission would be directed to investigate current requirements and methods covering the matters of legal reserves of banks, eligible deposits against such reserves, open market operations of the Federal Reserve banks, adequacy of eligible paper other than Government obligations, specie reserves, foreign-exchange fluctuations, and other factors. Statements from Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, are included.
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Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), For the Establishment of the National Monetary Commission: Report [to Accompany S. 1559], [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/congressional/19490601sen_estnmc.pdf
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Bill to Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (U.S.C., Title 12, Sec. 264). S.2822 (Report No. 1269)
Description:
S. 2822, amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
Date:
1950/02/10,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1950, Bill to Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (U.S.C., Title 12, Sec. 264). S.2822 (Report No. 1269), from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/051_04_0005.pdf
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Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Report to Accompany S.2822
Description:
Committee report published by the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency regarding amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (U.S.C. title 12, sec. 264).
Date:
1950/02/10,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1950, Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Report to Accompany S.2822, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/051_04_0003.pdf
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Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr.: Hearing, Eighty-second Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr., to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board, March 19, 1951
Description:
William McChesney Martin Jr. (1906-1998) served as the 9th Chairman of the Board of Governors from 1951 until 1970. He was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to fill the unexpired term of Thomas B. McCabe who resigned March 31, 1951. Prior to his service to the Federal Reserve System, he was a member and president of the New York Stock Exchange, head of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, and Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. He was renominated for a full 14 year term in 1956. Additional documents relating to his career can be found in the William McChesney Martin Jr. Collection on FRASER.
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Y.4 B22/3:M 36
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Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr.: Hearing, Eighty-second Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr., to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board, March 19, 1951, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/19_05_19510319.pdf
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Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr.: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency… on the Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr., to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board
Description:
Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States, Senate, Eighty-Second Congress, First Session, on the nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr., to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board.
Date:
1951/03/19,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1951, Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr.: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency… on the Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr., to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/046_23_0002.pdf
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Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr. Hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency
Date:
03/19/1951,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1951, Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr. Hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/19_05_19510319.pdf
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RFC Act Amendments of 1951 [Excerpt]
Description:
Record of meeting of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency in which amendments to the RFC Act were discussed, including S. 514, S. 515, S. 1116, S. 1123, S. 1329, and S.J. Res. 44. Stops at page 18.
Date:
1951/04/27,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1951, RFC Act Amendments of 1951 [Excerpt], from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/071_10_0003.pdf
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Nomination of Arthur F. Burns: hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-third Congress, first session, on the nomination of Arthur F. Burns to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, March 11, 1953
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Y 4.B 22/3:B 93
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Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Nomination of Arthur F. Burns: hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-third Congress, first session, on the nomination of Arthur F. Burns to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, March 11, 1953, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/congressional/19530311sen_burns_cea_nom.pdf
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Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr.: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on the Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr., to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 20 and 27, 1956
Description:
In 1956, William McChesney Martin Jr. (1906-1998) was renominated for a full 14 year term by President Dwight Eisenhower. He retired as Chairman of the Board in February 1, 1970. When more office space was needed for the Board of Governors staff, the new building, completed in 1974, was dedicated to Martin.
SUDOC:
Y.4 B22/3:M 36/956
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12299362
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr.: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on the Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr., to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 20 and 27, 1956, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/19_05_19560120.pdf
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Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr. Hearings before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.
Description:
Confirmation hearings
Date:
01/20/1956,
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1956, Nomination of William McChesney Martin, Jr. Hearings before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency., from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/19_05_19560120.pdf
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Federal Reserve Direct Purchases -- Old Series Currency Adjustment Act: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3702 and S. 3714, Bills to Extend Authority of Federal Reserve Banks to Purchase Treasury Obligations and to Authorize Adjustments in Accounts of Outstanding Old Series Currency, June 24, 1960
Description:
Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, 86th Congress, 2nd session, on S. 3702 and S.3714. Bills to extend authority of Federal Reserve Banks to purchase Treasury Obligations and to authorize adjustments in accounts of outstanding old series currency
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183884008
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve Direct Purchases -- Old Series Currency Adjustment Act: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3702 and S. 3714, Bills to Extend Authority of Federal Reserve Banks to Purchase Treasury Obligations and to Authorize Adjustments in Accounts of Outstanding Old Series Currency, June 24, 1960, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/senate_frdp_old1960.pdf
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Federal Reserve Direct Purchases: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 3291, a Bill to Amend Section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, to Extend for Two Years the Authority of Federal Reserve Banks to Purchase U.S. Obligations Directly from the Treasury, June 20, 1962
Description:
Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, 87th Congress, 2nd session, on S. 3291. A bill to amend section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, to extend for two years the authority of Federal Reserve Banks to purchase U.S. obligations directly from the Treasury.
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Y 4.B 22/3: F 31/45/96
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Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve Direct Purchases: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 3291, a Bill to Amend Section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, to Extend for Two Years the Authority of Federal Reserve Banks to Purchase U.S. Obligations Directly from the Treasury, June 20, 1962, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/senate_frdp1962.pdf
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Federal Banking Laws and Reports: A Compilation of Major Federal Banking Documents, 1780-1912
Description:
This is a compilation of major Federal banking documents from the period 1780 to 1912. It includes founding documents for the Bank of North America (1781), ordinances for the First and Second Bank of the United States (1791, 1816) as well as reports and proceedings. It was published for the 50th anniversary of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency in 1963.
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Y 4.B 22/3:L 44/4
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574070
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Banking Laws and Reports: A Compilation of Major Federal Banking Documents, 1780-1912, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=103
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National Bank Real Estate Loans: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2576, March 4 and 10, 1964.
Description:
Hearings before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Committee on Banking and Currency of the United States Senate, 88th Congress, 2nd Session, on S. 2576: A bill to amend section 24 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 371) relating to certain limitations on real estate loans by national banks. These hearings took place on March 4 and 10, 1964.
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Y 4.B 22/3:L 78/14
OCLC:
21659122
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), National Bank Real Estate Loans: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2576, March 4 and 10, 1964., [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/1964sen_nbrel.pdf
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National Bank Real Estate Loans: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2576, March 4 and 10, 1964
Description:
Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate. Eighty-Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2576. A bill to amend Section 24 of the Federal Reserve Act (U.S.C. 371) relating to certain limitations on real estate loans by national banks.
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Y 4.B 22/3:L 78/14
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2145048
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), National Bank Real Estate Loans: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2576, March 4 and 10, 1964, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/national_bank_real_estate_loans_cleaned.pdf
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Nomination of Arthur M. Okun: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Arthur M. Okun to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers. January 26, 1965.
Description:
This hearing concludes with an introduction of Woodlief Thomas, the new Chief Economist for the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, and other business matters.
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Y 4.B 22/3:Ok 7
OCLC:
21659702
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Nomination of Arthur M. Okun: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Arthur M. Okun to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers. January 26, 1965., [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/nominations/19650126sen_okun_cea_nom.pdf
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Purchase of Treasury Securities and Interest on Savings Deposits: Hearing, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session on S. 2923 and S. 3133 ... April 3, 1968
Description:
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, 90th Congress, 2nd Session on S. 2923 and S. 3133. To amend section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act to extend for two years the authority of Federal Reserve Banks to purchase U.S. obligations directly from the Treasury, and to extend for two years the authority for more flexible regulation of maximum rates of interest or dividends, higher reserve requirements, and open market operations in agency issues.
OCLC:
453116
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Purchase of Treasury Securities and Interest on Savings Deposits: Hearing, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session on S. 2923 and S. 3133 ... April 3, 1968, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/senate_pots1968.pdf
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Nomination of Arthur F. Burns: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate , Ninety-first Congress, First Session on the Nomination of Arthur F. Burns to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 18, 1969
Description:
This hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency considered the nomination of Dr. Arthur F. Burns to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of 15 years. He succeeded William McChesney Martin Jr. on February 1, 1970.
OCLC:
62782
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Nomination of Arthur F. Burns: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate , Ninety-first Congress, First Session on the Nomination of Arthur F. Burns to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 18, 1969, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/senate/burns_confirmation.pdf
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Anti-inflation Proposals: Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on Oversight on Inflation Policies and Tax-Based Anti-Inflation Proposals, May 22 and 23, 1978
Description:
Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. United States Senate. Ninety-fifth Congress. Second session on oversight on inflation policies and tax-based anti-inflation proposals.
OCLC:
4223514
Citation:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Anti-inflation Proposals: Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on Oversight on Inflation Policies and Tax-Based Anti-Inflation Proposals, May 22 and 23, 1978, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/Anti-Inflation Proposals_051978.pdf
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