Contrary to some misconceptions, the Federal Reserve is not privately owned by individuals or corporations. The Fed is not owned by anyone and is an independent government agency. The Federal ...

In 2022 and 2023, following a long period of low interest rates, the US Fed fought the post-pandemic inflation shock with one of the most rapid rate-hiking cycles in history.

100 percent of the $37 billion in paid-in stock of its twelve component Federal Reserve Banks is owned by private shareholders. This was part of the political compromise of the original 1913 Federal ...