21st Century Complete Guide to the Federal Reserve System, Monetary Policy, Banking, FOMC, Library of Publications, Banking Regulations (Two CD-ROM Set)

This incredibly comprehensive superset of two CD-ROMs provides an up-to-date collection of documents and reference sources on the Federal Reserve System and its Board of Governors, including coverage of the current Chairman, Dr. Ben Bernanke. These discs represent the best coverage of the Federal Reserve System and its functions available in any single package! Contents include: Monetary Policy and Regulations of Banking, Controlling the Fed Funds Rate, Open Market Operations, FOMC, Structure and Board Members, Discount Window, Currency, Consumer and Community Affairs, Basel II, Beige Books, Publication Library, and much more! In addition to a thorough collection of speeches and testimony by Dr. Bernanke, there is extensive material from the U.S. House of Representatives, the Financial Services Committee, the Senate Banking Committee, and the White House. There is complete coverage of the roles and functions of the Federal Reserve Board, and the full details of the Emergency Economic Stabilization bill, known as the "Wall Street $700 Billion Bailout" passed by Congress on October 3, 2008. This extraordinary collection of detailed material has 94,978 pages reproduced with Adobe Acrobat PDF software. Overview of the Federal Reserve System; Background; Structure of the System; Board of Governors; Federal Reserve Banks; Federal Open Market Committee; Member Banks; Advisory Committees; Monetary Policy and the Economy; Goals of Monetary Policy; How Monetary Policy Affects the Economy; Limitations of Monetary Policy; Guides to Monetary Policy; Monetary Aggregates; Interest Rates; The Taylor Rule; Foreign Exchange Rates; The Implementation of Monetary Policy; The Market for Federal Reserve Balances; Demand for Federal Reserve Balances; Supply of Federal Reserve Balances; Controlling the Federal Funds Rate; Open Market Operations; Composition of the Federal Reserve s Portfolio; The Conduct of Open Market Operations; A Typical Day in the Conduct of Open Market Operations; Securities Lending; Reserve Requirements; Recent History of Reserve Requirements; Contractual Clearing Balances; The Discount Window; Types of Credit; Eligibility to Borrow; Discount Window Collateral; The Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions; The Federal Reserve in the International Sphere; International Linkages; Foreign Currency Operations; Sterilization; U.S. Foreign Currency Resources; International Banking; Supervision and Regulation; Umbrella Supervision and Coordination; Supervision of International Operations; Supervision of U.S. Activities; Responsibilities of the Federal Banking Agencies; Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council; Supervisory Process; Risk-Focused Supervision; Supervisory Rating System; Financial Regulatory Reports; Off-Site Monitoring; Accounting Policy and Disclosure; with Other Functional Regulators; Anti-Money-Laundering Program; Business Continuity; Other Supervisory Activities; Enforcement of U.S. Banking Organizations; Acquisitions and Mergers; Other Changes in Bank Control; Formation and Activities of Financial Holding Companies; Capital Adequacy Standards; Financial Disclosures by State Member Banks; Securities Credit; Consumer and Community Affairs; Consumer Protection; Writing and Interpreting Regulations; Educating Consumers about Consumer Protection Laws; Enforcing Consumer Protection Laws; Consumer Complaint Program; The Federal Reserve in the U.S. Payments System; Financial Services; Retail Services; Wholesale Services; Fiscal Agency Services; International Services; Federal Reserve Intraday Credit Policy