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- abbreviation Federal Reserve Bank
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- initialism US, economics, banking Federal Reserve Bank.
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Examples
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Hedge funds would make a killing just from looking for banks engaged in FRB and causing a run on them, after shorting their stocks.
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So depositors would demand verifiable and reliable guarantees that their banks do not engage in FRB before giving them the cash.
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FRB is old and a bit creaky nowadays, but it still looks and sounds full of life.
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As such, the FRB is a sort of quasi-government entity, but the fact is the System is a privately owned for profit enterprise just like any other business.
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In her assessment of the economic impact of the purchases, Yellen cited a paper by four Fed economists that relied on the central bank's main economic forecast model, known as FRB/US.
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Federal Reserve Notes are the privately owned property of the private institution known as the FRB, which notes are in international commerce.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010
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Hell, the FRB is a form of that already, and certainly is supposed to be "controlling the levers" anyways, so that is drastic form of nationalization already in place.
The Swamp 2009
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The Bank has also established a collateralized borrowing facility with the Federal Reserve Bank "FRB" which had approximately $12.1 million in availability as of December 31, 2010.
unknown title 2011
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Reserve Board "FRB" short-term advances increased by $48.0 million, or 40.0%, decreased by
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The Federal Reserve Board ( "FRB") reduced the federal funds target rate to 0 - 0. 25% on December 16, 2008 and has not yet begun increasing rates.
GuruFocus Updates - 2010
alexz commented on the word FRB
a "Fast Radio Burst" - a radio astronomy term.
"Fast Radio Bursts, also known as FRBs, consist of incredibly brief and intense bursts of radio energy that seem to originate from remote parts of space. " - International Business Times
January 20, 2015