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Federal Farm Credit System
Definition: A system chartered in 1971 through the farm credit act providing farmers with credit services through a Federal Land Bank, a Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, and a bank for cooperatives. See: Federal Farm Credit Bank.
Definition: A system chartered in 1971 through the farm credit act providing farmers with credit services through a Federal Land Bank, a Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, and a bank for cooperatives. See: Federal Farm Credit Bank.
Federal Financing Bank
Definition: A federal institution that lends to a wide array of federal credit agencies funds it obtains by borrowing from the US Treasury.
Definition: A federal institution that lends to a wide array of federal credit agencies funds it obtains by borrowing from the US Treasury.
Federal Funds
Definition: Noninterest-bearing deposits held in reserve for depository institutions at their district Federal Reserve Bank. Also, excess reserves lent by banks to each other.
Definition: Noninterest-bearing deposits held in reserve for depository institutions at their district Federal Reserve Bank. Also, excess reserves lent by banks to each other.
Federal Funds Market
Definition: The market in which banks can borrow or lend reserves, allowing banks temporarily short of their required reserves to borrow reserves from banks that have excess reserves.
Definition: The market in which banks can borrow or lend reserves, allowing banks temporarily short of their required reserves to borrow reserves from banks that have excess reserves.
Federal Funds Rate
Definition: The interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve district bank charge other banks that need overnight loans. The Fed funds rate, as it is called, often points to the direction of US interest rates. The most sensitive indicator of the direction of interest rates, since it is set daily by the market, unlike the prime rate and the discount rate.
Definition: The interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve district bank charge other banks that need overnight loans. The Fed funds rate, as it is called, often points to the direction of US interest rates. The most sensitive indicator of the direction of interest rates, since it is set daily by the market, unlike the prime rate and the discount rate.
Federal Gift Tax
Definition: A federal tax imposed on assets conveyed as gifts to individuals.
Definition: A federal tax imposed on assets conveyed as gifts to individuals.
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Definition: Former name for "Office of Thrift Supervision." See also "Office of Thrift Supervision."
Definition: Former name for "Office of Thrift Supervision." See also "Office of Thrift Supervision."
Federal Home Loan Banks
Definition: The institutions that regulate and lend to savings and loan associations. The Federal Home Loan Banks play a role analogous to that played by the Federal Reserve Banks vis-à-vis member commercial banks.
Definition: The institutions that regulate and lend to savings and loan associations. The Federal Home Loan Banks play a role analogous to that played by the Federal Reserve Banks vis-à-vis member commercial banks.
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Definition: Federally sponsored agency chartered in 1934 whose stock is currently owned by savings institutions across the United States. The agency buys residential mortgages that meet certain requirements, sells these mortgages in packages, and insures the lenders against loss.
Definition: Federally sponsored agency chartered in 1934 whose stock is currently owned by savings institutions across the United States. The agency buys residential mortgages that meet certain requirements, sells these mortgages in packages, and insures the lenders against loss.
Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)
Definition: US government agency chartered in 1989 to assume the responsibilities formerly held by the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
Definition: US government agency chartered in 1989 to assume the responsibilities formerly held by the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
Federal Income Tax
Definition: The federal government levies a tax on personal income. The federal income tax provides for national programs such as defense, foreign affairs, law enforcement, and interest on the national debt.
Definition: The federal government levies a tax on personal income. The federal income tax provides for national programs such as defense, foreign affairs, law enforcement, and interest on the national debt.
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Tax
Definition: Provides benefits for retired workers and their dependents as well as for disabled workers and their dependents. Also known as the Social Security tax.
Definition: Provides benefits for retired workers and their dependents as well as for disabled workers and their dependents. Also known as the Social Security tax.
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Definition: A bank sponsored by the federal government to provide funds to institutions making loans to farmers.
Definition: A bank sponsored by the federal government to provide funds to institutions making loans to farmers.
Federal Intrafund Transactions
Definition: Intrabudgetary transactions in which payments and receipts both occur within the same federal fund group.
Definition: Intrabudgetary transactions in which payments and receipts both occur within the same federal fund group.
Federal Land Bank
Definition: A bank administered under the US Farm Credit Administration that provides long-term mortgage credit to farmers for agriculture-related expenditures.
Definition: A bank administered under the US Farm Credit Administration that provides long-term mortgage credit to farmers for agriculture-related expenditures.
Federal Margin Call
Definition: A broker's demand upon a customer for cash, or securities needed to satisfy the required Regulation T down payment for a purchase or short sale of securities.
Definition: A broker's demand upon a customer for cash, or securities needed to satisfy the required Regulation T down payment for a purchase or short sale of securities.
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
Definition: A U.S. government agency that regulates and administers the shipping industry. This agency also grants freight forwarder licenses.
Definition: A U.S. government agency that regulates and administers the shipping industry. This agency also grants freight forwarder licenses.
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Definition: A publicly owned, government-sponsored corporation chartered in 1938 to purchase mortgages from lenders and resell them to investors. Known by the nickname Fannie Mae, it packages mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration, but also sells some nongovernment-backed mortgages.
Definition: A publicly owned, government-sponsored corporation chartered in 1938 to purchase mortgages from lenders and resell them to investors. Known by the nickname Fannie Mae, it packages mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration, but also sells some nongovernment-backed mortgages.
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
Definition: The body that is responsible for setting the interest rates and credit policies of the Federal Reserve System.
Definition: The body that is responsible for setting the interest rates and credit policies of the Federal Reserve System.
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