federal funds
National treasury allocations
Federal funds are money held by the U.S.
Federal Reserve that banks lend to each other overnight to meet reserve requirements.
The federal funds rate—the interest rate on these loans—is a key tool of monetary policy, influencing borrowing costs throughout the economy.
More loosely, federal funds means any money from the U.S. government: The project relies on federal funds.
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- money supplyTotal currency in circulation
- fiscal yearAccounting calendar period
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- grants-in-aidFunds given for purposes
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- federal budgetappropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus, government spending
- monetary policyinflation, central banking, deflation, central bank, money supply
- treasuryUS Treasury, Treasury Department, treasury bonds, Exchequer, state treasury
- public financepublic debt, budget deficit, tax revenue, budgets, expenditure
- Bank WarAndrew Jackson, Henry Clay, national bank, hard money, state banks
- money systemsmoney supply, bank reserves, central bank, money printing, printing money
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Funding outside public markets
venture capital · private donations · philanthropic funds · individual contributions · self-funding
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Shared group treasury
grassroots funding · individual contributions · block grants
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