FRN's always bear the signatures of the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Treasury. Those posts may be filled by different people during the course of an administration - for example there have been 3 Secretaries since 2001 - so you need to know a bill's date and what's called a "series letter" (next to the date) to determine whose signature is on a particular bill.
The Beige Book is a report that summarizes the economic conditions. This report is produced by the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve uses statistics and economic data information submitted by each of the 12 Federal Reserve banks.
There are 12 Federal Reserve banks and 50 states, so no not every state has a Federal Reserve Bank. On the other hand, each state is assigned to and served by one or more of the 12 Federal Reserve banks, so yes - in that sense - every state is served by the Fed.
The 12 Federal Reserve banks are the regional banks from each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve is the seven-person governing body of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Open Market Committee decides on monetary policy, and consists of the seven members of the Board of Governors plus 5 of the 12 regional bank presidents.
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For the purpose of carrying out these day-to-day operations of the Federal Reserve System, the nation has been divided into twelve Federal Reserve Districts, with Banks in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco.
Absolutely. The Federal Reserve controls the amount of federal reserve notes in circulation. The more notes in circulation the less each of them is worth, the less notes in circulation the more each note is worth. For example, today $10 can buy you a meal at a sit-down restaurant. If the Federal Reserve made more dollar bills, that $10 might only buy a sandwich at a fast food chain that today costs $1. If the Federal Reserve actively took out notes and didn't replace them, that $10 might buy 2 meals at a sit-down restaurant.
To explain, US bills aren't printed by each Federal Reserve Bank. They're all printed at a huge plant in Washington DC (and since 1991, a second facility in Fort Worth) operated by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Bills for each Federal Reserve district are shipped to that district's Federal Reserve bank which then distributes the notes to the commercial and retail banks it's responsible for. For prices and more information, please see the question "What is the value of a 1929 US 20 dollar Federal Reserve Note?"
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Each district is made up of more than one state. Federal Reserve Districts include a mixture of agricultural, manufacturing, and service industries as well as rural and urban areas.
The FOMC sets targets for the Discount Rate. By trading securities, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, it affects the Federal Funds Rate which is the interest rate by which banks lend to each other overnight.
Each of the 12 Reserve Banks is subject to the supervision of a ninemember board of directors (board). Six of the directors are elected by the member banks of the respective Federal Reserve District (District), and three of the directors are appointed by the Board of Governors. Most Reserve Banks have at least one Branch, and each Branch has its own board of directors. A majority of the directors on a Branch board are appointed by the Reserve Bank, and the remaining Branch directors are appointed by the Board of Governors.