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What do the securities held as assets by the Federal Reserve Banks consist mainly of?
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What is a banking system in which banks are only allowed to loan out some of their assets?
Fractional reserve system
How do you find the required reserve ratio?
the portion of a deposit that a bank must keep on hand
How is income distributed?
it is printed by the federal reserve, sent to banks who remove old, worn out bills for exchange, and circulated when you cash a check, or withdraw from savings. then you spend it.
Has the Federal Reserve System ever been audited?
Answer - in a word, YES. The Federal Reserve has frequent internal audits performed by its Office of the Inspector General. There is also a complete audit of the financial statements of the Federal Reserve every year by a private external auditing firm, currently Deloitte. However the Government Accountability Office - the auditing office of the federal government - is legally restricted from some types of audits.Well, not exactly.... The FED itself has NEVER been audited - period.When we see the disastrous results of an artificially created shortage of currency, we can better understand why our Founding Fathers insisted on placing the power to create and control money in the hands of Congress. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution states, "The Congress shall have power... to coin money, regulate the value thereof... "But in 1913 Congress passed the "Federal Reserve Act," relinquishing the power to create and control money to the Federal Reserve Corporation, a private company owned and controlled by bankers. The word "Federal" was used only to deceive the people. The term "central bank" was carefully avoided. The Federal Reserve Act created a Board of Directors, the Federal Reserve Board, to run the Federal Reserve Corporation with a monopoly to create and control the currency of the United States.This infamous legislation was accompanied with appropriate fanfare and propaganda that it would "remove money from politics" and "prevent boom and bust from hurting our citizens." The people were not told then, and still do not know today, that the Federal Reserve Corporation is a private monopolycontrolled by bankers, operated for the financial gain of the bankers at the expense of the people.Since that day of infamy a small group of privileged people who lend us "our money," have accrued to themselves all of the profits of printing paper currency - and more! Since 1913 they have created trillions of dollars in currency and credit, which as their own personal property, they then lend to our government and our people, with interest. "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" had become the secret policy of our national government.The main architect of the Federal Reserve System was Paul Moritz Warburg, who came from a famous German banking family. The kingpin who steered the Federal Reserve Act through Congress was Senator Nelson Aldrich, Chairman of the Finance Committee. He was the maternal grandfather of Nelson A. Rockefeller, of Standard Oil and Chase Manhattan Bank. Aldrich's daughter, Abby Greene Aldrich, married John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1901. At the time, many people regarded Senator Aldrich as the Rockefeller family's mouthpiece in the Senate.The Federal Reserve Act was passed during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. Just before he died Wilson is reported to have said that he had been deceived and "I have betrayed my country." He also said:"A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit has been concentrated. The growth of the nation and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the world - no longer a government of free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of small groups of dominant men."There has been much speculation about who owns the Federal Reserve Corporation. It has been one of the best kept secrets of the century, because the Federal Reserve Act Act of 1913 provided that the names of the owner banks be kept secret. However, R. E. McMaster publisher of the newsletter The Reaper, asked his Swiss banking contacts which banks hold the controlling stock in the Federal Reserve Corporation. The answer:Rothschild Banks of London and BerlinLazard Brothers Bank of ParisIsrael Moses Sieff Banks of ItalyWarburg Bank of Hamburg and AmsterdamLehman Brothers Bank of New YorkKuhn Loeb Bank of New YorkChase Manhattan Bank of New YorkGoldman Sachs Bank of New York.In The Secrets Of The Federal Reserve, Eustace Mullins indicates that, because the Federal Reserve Bank of New York sets interest rates and controls the daily supply and price of currency throughout the U.S., the owners of that bank are the real directors of the entire system. Mullins states:"The shareholders of these banks which own the stock of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are the people who have controlled our political and economic destinies since 1914. They are the Rothschilds, Lazard Freres (Eugene Mayer), Israel Sieff, Kuhn Loeb Company, Warburg Company, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, the Rockefeller family, and the J.P. Morgan interests."An example of the process of currency creation and its conversion into "people's debt" will aid our understanding. The Federal Government, having spent more than it has taken from its citizens in taxes, needs (for the sake of illustration) $1 billion. Since it does not have the currency, and Congress has given away its authority to create it, the government must go to the creators for the $1 billion. But the Federal Reserve, a private corporation, does not give its currency away for free! The bankers are willing to deliver $1 billion in currency or credit to the federal government in exchange for the government's agreement to pay it back with interest. So Congress authorizes the Treasury Department to print $1 billion in U.S. Bonds, which are then delivered to the Federal Reserve bankers. (The bonds are a kind of "IOU" that bears interest.)You say this is terrible! Yes it is, but this is only part of the sordid story. Under this "debt-currency" system, those U.S. Bonds referred to above have now become assets of the banks, called their "reserve." Regular commercial banks use these assets to issue loans to individual and commercial customers. Since the banking laws require only about a 12% reserve, this means the banking fraternity can lend up to eight times the amount of the bonds they have on hand. As a result of the $1 billion discussed here, they can lend $8 billion to private customers at interest. This means that together with the $1 billion lent to the government, the bankers can lend out $9 billion at interest for the original cost to them of about $400,000 for the printing! And because the Federal Reserve bankers have been granted a monopoly, the only way our people and businesses can get currency to carry on trade and expand industry and farming is to borrow it from the bankers!
What are the advantages and disadvantages of euro market?
Advantages: Eurodollar market has lower interest rates because of less regulation, also financing is cheaper for borrowers, as the market goes by interbank rates Disadvantages: No lender of last resort like the Federal Reserve to save the market, extensive speculation makes the market prone to volatility, there is no insurance like the U.S. FDIC to protect assets
Purpose of the legal reserve?
The legal reserve is designated as the set amount of federal deposits utilized as safe and secure assets created to meet liquidity requirements for the U.S. Federal Bank.
Who will receive the bailout money?
Nobody would receive the bailout money directly/Freely. The US Federal Reserve plans at buying illiquid securities from the banks & other financial institutions that are in trouble now. They would be buying assets like MBS (Mortgage Backed Securities), CDO's (Collateralized Debt Obligations) etc The proportion in which each banks assets would be bought by this bailout plan would be decided by the plan coordinators. The proceeds of this asset buying by the reserve (Cash) would be used by these banks and financial institutions to meet their liquidity needs and to infuse further liquidity into the economy. The Fed Reserve would sell these assets at a later point of time once the economy stabilizes and repay the Treasury.
Define capital reserve?
Capital reserve is the amount created to increase in market value of assets at the time of revaluation of assets.
Where is the 700 billion where did it go specifically?
The purpose of the bailout was to purchase bad assets, reduce uncertainty regarding the worth of the remaining assets, and restore confidence in the credit markets. The federal reserve is buying illiquid assets from large banks & financial institutions.
Are investments current assets?
If investments made for short term securities then it is current assets other wise non-current assets.
What are non earning asset?
other assets and investment securities
What does Assets Under Custody mean?
AUC is the value of assets held under custody by a "custodian of securities".
What are the several categories on non current assets and the method of accounting for each categories?
Non-current assets are those that a company intends to keep longer than 12 months. These include investments and fixed assets. Investments include items such as trading securities, avaialable-for-sale securities, and held-to-maturity securities. Fixed assets includes items such as buidlings, land, and equipment
What assets are easily convertable into cash among current assets and liquid assets?
Marketable securities are those assets which can easily convert to cash when the need arise to convert them.
Why does Marketable securities located on a balance sheet?
Marketable securities are assets of company which can be converted immediately to acquire cash as and when needed.
Is a Reserve account an asset or liability?
It is assets
Where on a balance sheet is Reserve for Encumbrances?
Assets
