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Press Releases of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
1955-2005
Official press releases from the Board of Governors announcing monetary policy, orders on banking applications, consumer and regulatory policy, enforcement actions, and other news. Releases 1996-2005 have been downloaded from the Board's press release archive. Releases for the years 2006 to the present are available at https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases.htm
- Board Press Releases
- 1950s
- Dean W. Colvard appointed as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Regulations T and U relating to margin requirements amended
- Preliminary earning figures from Federal Reserve Banks for 1954
- Regulation A revision adopted
- Robert C. Sprague appointed as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Preliminary Findings of the 1955 Survey of Consumer Finances
- Oscar B. Jesness appointed as director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Tyrus R. Timm and John C. Flanagan appointed as directors of Houston Branch and Alex R. Thomas appointed as director of San Antonio Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Cleveland, Richmond, St. Louis, and Dallas
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco
- Regulations T and U relating to margin requirements of brokers and banks amended
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Ray Reynolds appointed as director of Denver Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Philip I. Welk appointed as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- G. Ted Cameron appointed as director of Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- FOMC amends rules on procedure to discontinue its executive committee
- W. Purnell Hall, Jr., appointed as director of Baltimore Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Minneapolis and St. Louis
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Richmond, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Shannon Crandall, Jr., appointed as director of Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Boston
- Warren W. Braley appointed as director of Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Dr. Oliver S. Willham appointed as director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Charles Detoy appointed as director of Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Joe W. Seacrest appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Cleveland and San Francisco
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Chicago
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Boston and Richmond
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- 1956 Survey of Consumer Finances interviews to be conducted during January and February
- Appointments at the Federal Reserve Banks and branches effective January 1, 1956
- Harry M. Smith appointed as director of Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Walter M. Mitchell appointed as Chairman, Henry G. Chalkley as director, and Harllee Branch, Jr., reappointed as Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Harold Vagtborg appointed as director of San Antonio Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- James L. Paxton appointed as director of Omaha Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Ralph F. Peo appointed as director of Buffalo Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- J. Thomas Smith appointed as director of Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- John E. Urquhart appointed as director of Birmingham Branch and G.H. King, Jr., appointed as director of New Orleans Branch of the Reserve Bank of Atlanta and T. Winfred Bell as director of Little Rock Branch of the Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Reappointment of presidents and first vice presidents of the Federal Reserve Banks
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Preliminary Findings of the 1956 Survey of Consumer Finances
- James W. Allison designated as consultant for emergency defense planning program
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the 11 Reserve Banks
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Regulation T, relating to margin requirements, amended
- Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
- Special study on consumer installment credit requested by President
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, and Chicago
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Agencies have appointed an Advisory Committee on Commercial Bank Preparedness as part of the defense mobilization program
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- C.V. Patterson appointed as director of Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Agencies seek information on disaster preparedness measures taken and maintained by banks
- Application for formation of bank holding company by First National City Bank of New York, City Bank Farmers Trust Company of New York, and County Trust Company of White Plains
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Board and FDIC increase maximum permissible interest rates for savings and time deposits
- Public hearing scheduled on the applications by First National City Bank of New York, City Bank Farmers Trust Company of New York, and County Trust Company of White Plains
- Appointments at the Federal Reserve Banks and branches effective January 1, 1957
- Lyman J. Bunting appointed as director of Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Preliminary earning figures from Federal Reserve Banks for 1956
- Philip Davidson appointed as a director of the Louisville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Federal Register Notice - Marine Midland Corporation application approved for Lake Shore National Bank of Dunkirk
- Gordon M. Cairns appointed as a director of the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Leonard K. Firestone appointed as a director of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- George B. Vest, General Counsel of the Board, is retiring and will be replaced by Howard H. Hackley
- Maximum permissible interest rates on V-loans increased
- Regulation T relating to margin requirements of brokers and dealers amended
- Statement transmitted from the Board to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Banking and Currency Committees, of the Joint Economic Committee, and of the Council of Economic Advisors
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Boston and Dallas
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Order for exemption for Occidental Life Insurance Company of California
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York and Cleveland
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Frank Lee Wesson appointed as a director of the Memphis branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Report and recommended decision from Hearing Examiner on applications by First New York Corporation and others
- Jerome W. Sahy appointed Legislative Counsel
- Robert J. Cannon appointed as a director of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Statement and Order for application by Northwest Bancorporation for proposed Northwestern State Bank
- Order for application by Baystate Corporation for Union Trust Company of Springfield
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Atlanta, New York, Richmond, and St. Louis
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Boston
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Chicago, Cleveland, and San Francisco
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Applications for bank holding company remanded to Hearing Examiner for report and recommendation
- Approval of application by Baystate Corporation for Union Trust Company of Springfield
- Denial of petition by Northwest Bancorporation for reconsideration of Order dated November 5, 1957
- Statement and Order for application by Brenton Companies for Palo Alto County State Bank
- Lamar Fleming, Jr., appointed as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Dr. Nils Y. Wessell appointed as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Statement and Order for application by Wisconsin Bankshares Corporation for Capitol National Bank of Milwaukee
- Appointments at the Federal Reserve Banks and branches effective January 1, 1958
- Preliminary earning figures from Federal Reserve Banks for 1957
- William R. Mathews appointed as a director of the El Paso branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Regulations T and U relating to margin requirements of brokers and banks amended
- Selden Sheffield appointed as a director of the Birmingham branch and V.S. Johnson, Jr., appointed as a director of the Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Walter E. Hoadley, Jr., appointed as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- W.N. Krauth appointed as a director of the Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Hearing Examiner given more time on applications by First New York Corporation and others
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Cleveland, Richmond, Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Boston
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- S.L. Kopald, Jr., appointed as a director of the Memphis branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Reduction in reserves that member banks are required to maintain against demand deposits
- Supplemental Report and recommended decision from Hearing Examiner on applications by First New York Corporation and others
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Boston
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Statement and Order for application by New Hampshire Bankshares, Inc., for New Hampshire National Bank of Portsmouth
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Cleveland, Richmond, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Dallas
- Reduction in reserves that member banks are required to maintain against demand deposits
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, and Minneapolis
- Interpretation of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
- Reduction in reserves that central reserve city banks are required to maintain against demand deposits
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Boston and Atlanta
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Cleveland, Richmond, and Kansas City
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Board approves decrease of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Dallas
- S.R. Carpenter, Secretary of the Board of Governors, resigns and Merritt Sherman, Assistant Secretary of the Board, appointed as Secretary
- Statement and Order for applications to become a bank holding company by First New York Corporation, First National City Bank of New York, and International Banking Corporation
- Regulations T and U relating to margin requirements of brokers and banks amended
- Denial of application by First Bank Stock Corporation for First Eastern Heights State Bank of Saint Paul
- John H. Warden appointed as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Interpretation regarding Participation loan agreements between bank affiliates of the Bank Holding Company Act, section 6(a)
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Chicago and Minneapolis
- Order of Determination for Financial Institutions, Inc.
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Cleveland, Richmond, and St. Louis
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Boston
- John T. Ryan, Jr., appointed as a director of the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Interpretation regarding Participations Between Banks Under the Bank Holding Company Act
- Public hearing scheduled on the application by Firstamerican Corporation for California Bank
- Innis D. Harris appointed Coordinator of the Office of Defense Planning of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Regulations T and U relating to margin requirements of brokers and banks amended
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Philadelphia, St. Louis, Richmond, Minneapolis, and Dallas
- Approval of application by Marine Corporation for Marine National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee, Holton State Bank, Cudahy State Bank, and South Milwaukee Bank
- Notices of Tentative Decisions issued on application of BancOhio Corporation for Kenton Savings Bank
- Notices of Tentative Decisions issued on applications of Union Bond and Mortgage Company for Forks State Bank and Bank of Sequim
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Boston and Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of New York
- Appointments at the Federal Reserve Banks and branches effective January 1, 1959
- Preliminary earning figures from Federal Reserve Banks for 1958
- Approval of application by Firstamerica Corporation for California Bank
- Approval of application by Firstamerica Corporation for California Bank
- James DeCamp Wise appointed as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Cameron G. Garman appointed as a director of the Buffalo branch
- Public hearing scheduled on the application by First Bank Stock Corporation for Eastern Heights State Bank of Saint Paul
- Notice of Tentative Decision for First Security Corporation
- Credit extended by banks to real estate mortgage lenders
- Approval of application by First Security Corporation for Fillmore State Bank
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Dallas
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Boston
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Cleveland, Richmond, St. Louis, and Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Minneapolis
- Board seeks public comment on proposed amendments for Regulations T and U
- Report and recommended decision from Hearing Examiner on Continental Bank and Trust Company
- Regulations T and U amended
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Dallas
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Boston and Atlanta
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Notice of Tentative Decision for Citizens and Southern National Bank and Citizens and Southern Holding Company
- Order for Oral Argument for Continental Bank and Trust Company
- Robert C. Masters steps down to be Associate Director of the Division of Examinations and Frederic Solomon will become Director of the Division
- Elliott Thurston, Assistant to the Board, to retire as of July 31
- H.E. Whitaker appointed as a director of the Cincinnati branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Orders of Determination for Bank Shares, Incorporated, Otto Bremer Company, First Bank Stock Corporation, and Northwest Bancorporation
- Approval of applications by Citizens and Southern National Bank and Citizens and Southern Holding Company for American National Bank of Brunswick
- Orders of Determination for Bank Shares, Incorporated, Otto Bremer Company, First Bank Stock Corporation, and Northwest Bancorporation
- Notice of Tentative Decision for Bank Stock Corporation of Milwaukee
- Notice of Tentative Decision for Marine Corporation
- Howard W. Price appointed as a director of the Salt Lake City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Order of Determination for Wisconsin Bankshares Corporation
- Gerald L. Andrus appointed as a director of the New Orleans branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Approval of application by Bank Stock Corporation of Milwaukee for Marshall and Ilsley Bank and Northern Bank
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of New York, Cleveland, Richmond, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, and San Francisco
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Banks of Boston, Atlanta, and Minneapolis
- Report and recommended decision from Hearing Examiner on application by First Bank Stock Corporation
- Board approves increase of discount rate at the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Notice of Tentative Decision for Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville and Atlantic Trust Company
- Order of Determination for First Virginia Corporation
- Approval of applications by Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville and Atlantic Trust Company for Southside Atlantic Bank
- Thomas E. Lamont appointed as a director of the Buffalo branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Winfield W. Reifler, Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, to retire at end of 1959
- Notice of Tentative Decision for Farmers and Mechanics Trust Company
- Notice of Tentative Decision for Wisconsin Bankshares Corporation
- Regulation D regarding vault cash amended
- Ralph A. Young appointed Advisor to Board of Governors and Guy E. Noyes appointed as Director of Research and Statistics
- Appointments at the Federal Reserve Banks and branches effective January 1, 1960
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
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1955-2005
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