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*the members of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and11*
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•(b) The Canalttee shall consult and advise with, and
make recommendations to, the Board frost time to time with regard to the open-starket policy of the Federal ieserve System,
The Coealttee shall also aid in the execution ©f open-market
policies adopted froa tiae to time by the Board and shall perform such other duties relating thereto as the Board nay prescribe. The Board shall consult the Committee before making
any changes on its own initiative in the opea-m&rket policy,
in the rates of interest or discount to be charged, by the
Federal Reserve banks, or in the reserve balances required
to be maintained by aersber banks,
»(c) After consulting with and considering the recosiaeadations of the Committee, the Board, from time to time,
shall prescribe'the open-market policy of the federal Reserve Systemm Each Federal Reserve bank shall purchase or
sell obligations of the United States, bankers* acceptances,
bills of exchange, arid other obligations of the kinds and
maturities sade eligible for purchase under the provisions
of section 14 of this Act to such extent and in such manner
as may be required by the Board in order to effectuate the
open-aarket policies adopted by the Board from tiae to time
under the provisions of this section and each Federal Reserve
bank shall cooperate fully, in every way, in making such
policies effective.
"(d) All transactions of Federal Reserve banks under
authority of section 14 of this Act shall be- subject to such
regulations, limitations, and restrictions as the Board say
prescribe.®