10-J: The History of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Name: 10-J: The History of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Released: 2008-01-01

200857mDocumentary • History

"A production of Kansas City Public Television in cooperation with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City"

Overview

In 1913 Congress created the Federal Reserve to bring financial stability to the nation after a number of banking panics, with a mix of regional banks and a central bank board. Congressmen Robert L. Owen and Carter Glass helped pass the Federal Reserve Act with the help of compromises led by Preside...