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Open and Operating: The Federal Reserve Responds to 9/11

Open and Operating: The Federal Reserve Responds to 9/11

This 17-minute video explains all the different Federal Reserve actions to stabilize the economy beginning the morning of September 11. It is a great overview of the Fed and how they function, showing specific examples of the different things they do: cash in ATMs, FedWire, SwapLines for foreign currency, FOMC adjusting the federal funds rate target, etc. Some actual news footage from 9/11 is included, including film from the security cameras at...

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Keywords:
open market operations, federal reserve, FOMC, 9/11, monetary policy
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Material Type:
Presentation
Date Added to MERLOT:
December 8, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
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Submitter:
Liz Peterson
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Website
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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