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<p>The <b>Federal Reserve System</b> (often shortened to the <b>Federal Reserve</b>, or simply <b>the Fed</b>) is the <a href="page.php?w=central_bank">central bank</a>ing system of the <a href="page.php?w=United_States">United States</a>. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the <a href="page.php?w=Federal_Reserve_Act">Federal Reserve Act</a>, after a series of <a href="page.php?w=financial_panic">financial panic</a>s (particularly the <a href="page.php?w=Panic_of_1907">Panic of 1907</a>) led to the desire for central control</p><p>
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