Fed
Rate-setting institution
A Fed is a federal agent, especially one from the FBI or other law enforcement agencies: The Feds raided the warehouse at dawn.
The Fed also refers to the Federal Reserve System, the U.S. central bank that sets monetary policy: The Fed raised interest rates again.
In political contexts, Fed can describe a federalist or supporter of federal government. (Lowercase fed is the past tense of feed.)
US central banking system
- central bankNational currency management institution
- interest ratesPrice paid for borrowing
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- inflationSustained price level increase
quantitative easing · liquidity · chairman · Powell · tightening · dovish · hawkish · tapering
U.S. domestic intelligence agency
- DEAFederal narcotics agency
- ATFFirearms oversight agency
- raidSudden armed incursion
- investigationFormal examination of facts
surveillance · arrest · warrant · taskforce · crackdown · bust · sting · informant
Prolonged economic decline
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- growthIncrease in size
- soft landingControlled, gradual descent
overheating · stagflation · bubble · market · currency · dollar · treasury · yields
Centralized national ruling body
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- agencyPower to act
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
mandate · oversight · funding · grants · deficit · spending · shutdown · budget
Federal Reserve
US central banking system
- central bankNational currency management institution
- interest ratesPrice paid for borrowing
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
inflation · quantitative easing · liquidity · chairman · Powell · tightening · dovish · hawkish · tapering · stimulus
FBI
U.S. domestic intelligence agency
investigation · surveillance · arrest · warrant · taskforce · crackdown · bust · sting · informant · undercover
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- growthIncrease in size
soft landing · overheating · stagflation · bubble · market · currency · dollar · treasury · yields · bonds
federal government
Centralized national ruling body
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- agencyPower to act
regulation · mandate · oversight · funding · grants · deficit · spending · shutdown · budget · civil service
- Central BanksFederal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Bank of Canada
- Economic OrganizationsIMF, World Bank, OECD, WTO, central bank
- regulatorsthermostat, voltage regulator, regulatory agency, pressure regulator, oversight body
- financial regulatorsSEC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, FSA, FINRA
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- US bankingFDIC, national banks, bank runs, bank failures, Federal Reserve
FedWall Street
American finance hub
private banks · free market · gold standard · Congress · cryptocurrency
Fedhard money
Metallic legal tender
Austrian economics · laissez-faire · gold bugs · deficit hawks · austerity
- fed upOut of patience
- the fedsFederal law enforcement, slang
- force fedCompelled to consume
- grass fedRaised eating forage
- grass fed beef
- grass-fed beefMeat from forage-eating cows
federalism, federation, federally, federalist, feds, federalize