Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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best direct the institution's resources to where they were needed the ...and, in turn, raising costs there, and so on. My assessment is that both

key destinations, as did activity for a wide range of nonfinancial services...prices for energy and assorted raw materials compared with earlier periods

key driver of the crisis, or did other factors account for its rapid contagion...prices that took place during the crisis. Accordingly, channels of "indirect

key element in meeting the Federal Reserve's dual mandate for monetary...prices. In an unstable financial system, adverse events are more likely

communications—the framework it uses to pursue its congressionally assigned...price stability. The review was focused on two specific areas: the Federal

and, more generally, the public interest. The Federal Reserve • conducts...Key Entities 5 Key Functions Conducting the nation’s monetary policy Helping