Whois & Analysis for kansascityfed.org

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexico.

The current president is Esther George.

The Fed in Kansas City is second only to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in size of geographic area served.

Missouri is the only state with two main branches of Federal Reserve Banks.

The other is in St. Louis.

The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States.

It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act in response to a series of financial panics (particularly the panic of 1907) that showed the need for central control of the monetary system if crises are to be avoided.

Over the years, events such as the Great Depression in the 1930s and the Great Recession during the 2000s led to the expansion of the roles and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply "D.C.", is the capital of the United States.

A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rates.

Central banks also usually oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries.

In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base in the state, and usually also prints the national currency, which usually serves as the state's legal tender.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System.

It is charged with overseeing the Federal Reserve Banks and with helping implement monetary policy of the United States.

Governors are appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate for staggered 14-year terms.