How to Use reserve bank in a Sentence

reserve bank

noun
  • The heads of the Fed’s 12 reserve banks are chosen by the nonbank directors of each institution.
    Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2017
  • But the entire developed world was so starved for liquidity in 2009, the reserve banks worldwide all did the same thing.
    Anthony Graziano, miamiherald, 22 Oct. 2017
  • China’s central bank has loosened credit conditions five times in the past year by cutting the amount of reserves banks are required to hold.
    Shen Hong, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019
  • That has drawn attention to the process through which reserve bank presidents are renominated to new terms.
    Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The reserve bank reports an increase in home sales as financial conditions have eased.
    Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The financial expert warned, citing Atlanta’s own federal reserve bank, that the recession will likely deepen as the months go on all the same.
    Hunter Boyce, ajc, 6 July 2022
  • The move is aimed at restoring the amount of reserves banks hold at the Fed to at least the levels seen early last month, before short-term lending markets suffered a sharp rise in borrowing costs as cash became scarce.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The presidents of the Fed’s other 11 regional reserve banks hold voting seats on a rotating basis.
    Michael S. Derby, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The reserve bank also said that the Westpac unit’s current liquidity and funding positions are sound and that the bank is well capitalized.
    Jack Hagel, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The New York search officials consulted throughout the process with Mr. Powell, who at the start was a governor and the board’s point person on managing its relationships with the 12 reserve banks.
    Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Members of the other nine regional reserve banks voted to maintain the discount rate, offered directly by the Fed to healthy banks on short-term loans, at its existing level of 2.75% last month.
    Kate Davidson, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2019
  • The Fed has said reserve bank directors are not involved in matters related to banking supervision.
    Emily Flitter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The minutes could show whether other, nonvoting reserve bank presidents had reservations.
    Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The prohibition, taking effect May 1, will apply to the Fed’s 12 regional reserve bank presidents and other top officials.
    Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The government in recent days has cracked down on street currency dealers, while some senior officials from the reserve bank were suspended Monday after they were accused of corruption by a ruling party activist.
    Farai Mutsaka, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Late last year, the Federal Reserve imposed new restrictions on senior officials in a bid to address a stock-trading controversy that prompted the resignation of two reserve bank presidents.
    Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The New York Fed president, whose reserve bank is partly responsible for ensuring financial markets are functioning properly, also promised that the Fed stood ready to act as needed to make sure that everything is working smoothly.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
  • New York City and the surrounding area would be blasted to pieces by no less than 12 Russian thermonuclear weapons, with bombs targeting federal reserve bank buildings, energy-producing utilities, communications hubs, and airports.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2022
  • Those responsibilities include annual reviews of each reserve bank, including budgets and general operations.
    Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021

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