Librarian Life: Records of the Federal Reserve System
May 17, 2017Learn about the work done by FRASER staff in creating a finding aid for the Records of the Federal Reserve System held at the National Archives. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Choosing the Federal Reserve Cities
April 5, 2017Learn more about the history of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee, which chose the locations of the twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks Read more
Uncurrent Events: The Women of the FOMC
March 15, 2017Fourteen women have served on the FOMC since its inception. Learn about them and their roles in the Federal Reserve in this Inside FRASER post. Read more
Uncurrent Events: March 4, 1951, Treasury-Federal Reserve Accord
March 1, 2017Before the Treasury and the Federal Reserve reached their 1951 accord over monetary policy, tensions were high as the Fed struggled for independence to combat inflation. Read more
Staff Picks: The Statements and Speeches of Andrew F. Brimmer
February 15, 2017Andrew F. Brimmer became the first African-American to sit on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 1966. He not only contributed to monetary policy but also used his status to bring attention to economic issues facing African Americans. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Federal Reserve Act
December 21, 2016The Federal Reserve Act was passed on December 23, 1913. This post describes the resources available on the evolution and passage of the act. Read more
Librarian Life: Meltzer’s History of the Federal Reserve
December 7, 2016This post describes the work done by FRASER librarians to gather and make the source documents used by Allan Meltzer in his A History of the Federal Reserve available to researchers. Read more
Staff Picks: The New York Fed Circulars
September 7, 2016The New York circulars show more than 80 years of the day-to-day business of the Fed. Read more
Staff Picks: A Memo from Miss Joy
March 2, 2016The Charles Hamlin papers include memos from Aryness Joy, an early Fed research assistant who helped create the cost-of-living index. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Martin’s Punch Bowl Metaphor
March 2, 2016The economic punch bowl: Fed Chair William McChesney Martin was the first Fed official to offer the concept of the Federal Reserve taking away the punch bowl just as the party gets going, which is shorthand for recognizing what a tough job it is to help guide the economy. Read more
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