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Feasible Target Payout Ratios
Definition: Payout ratios that are consistent with the level of excess funds available to make cash dividend payments.
Definition: Payout ratios that are consistent with the level of excess funds available to make cash dividend payments.
FED Pass
Definition: A Federal Reserve action adding more reserves to the banking system, increasing the money available for lending, and making credit easier to attain.
Definition: A Federal Reserve action adding more reserves to the banking system, increasing the money available for lending, and making credit easier to attain.
Federal Advisory Council (FAC)
Definition: Advisory group made up of one representative (in most cases a banker) from each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts. Established by the Federal REserve Act, the council meets periodically with the Board of Governors to discuss business and financial conditions and make recommendations.
Definition: Advisory group made up of one representative (in most cases a banker) from each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts. Established by the Federal REserve Act, the council meets periodically with the Board of Governors to discuss business and financial conditions and make recommendations.
Federal Agency Bond
Definition: Fixed-income security issued by a government agency such as FNMA.
Definition: Fixed-income security issued by a government agency such as FNMA.
Federal Agency Securities
Definition: Securities issued by corporations and agencies created by the US government, such as the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and Ginnie Mae.
Definition: Securities issued by corporations and agencies created by the US government, such as the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and Ginnie Mae.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)
Definition: A federal agency chartered in 1988 to provide a secondary market for farm mortgage loans.
Definition: A federal agency chartered in 1988 to provide a secondary market for farm mortgage loans.
Federal Credit Agencies
Definition: Agencies of the federal government set up to supply credit to various classes or institutions and individuals, e.g., S&Ls, small business firms, students, farmers, and exporters.
Definition: Agencies of the federal government set up to supply credit to various classes or institutions and individuals, e.g., S&Ls, small business firms, students, farmers, and exporters.
Federal Deficit (surplus)
Definition: When federal government expenditures are exceeded by federal government revenue.
Definition: When federal government expenditures are exceeded by federal government revenue.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Definition: A federal institution that insures bank deposits.
Definition: A federal institution that insures bank deposits.
Federal Farm Credit Bank
Definition: An institution created by the government with the purpose of uniting the financing activities of the Federal Land Banks, the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, and the banks for cooperatives. See: Federal Farm Credit System.
Definition: An institution created by the government with the purpose of uniting the financing activities of the Federal Land Banks, the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, and the banks for cooperatives. See: Federal Farm Credit System.
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.
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