FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Articles and editorials

Economic Prosperity Not Fully Shared, S11226 [27OC]

Economic Scene, E660 [15AP]

Fed Accompli, E660 [15AP]

Federal Reserve's Pointless Quarter-Point—A Preemptive Strike Against a Non-Threat, S11228 [27OC]

Impact of Interest Rates on Economic Conditions, E740 [24AP]

Wage Inflation? Where? (Labor Statistics Lose Predictive Value), S11224 [27OC], S11440 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions

Board of Governors: appointment of Federal reserve bank presidents (see H.R. 2114), H4913 [8JY]

Economy: implement monetary policy using price stability to ensure stable currency and repeal the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (see S. 611; H.R. 1396), S3348 [17AP], H1706 [17AP]

———mandate price stability as the primary goal of monetary policy (see H.R. 2360), H6705 [31JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H3658 [10JN]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: reform (see H.R. 31), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

Federal Open Market Committee: clarify application of the Government in the Sunshine Act (see H.R. 690), H453 [11FE]

Financial institutions: expand the opportunity for private enterprise to compete with the Board of Governors in the provision of check-clearing and other services (see H.R. 1442), H1890 [24AP]

———expand the opportunity for private enterprise to compete with the Board of Governors in the transportation of paper checks (see H.R. 2119), H5020 [9JY]

———offer negotiable order of withdrawal accounts to businesses, allow interest payments on demand deposits, and require FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see H.R. 2323), H6703 [31JY]

———require Federal banking agencies to notify Congress prior to implementation of new accounting standards for derivatives (see S. 1560), S12575 [13NO]

Government regulations: provide that Federal Reserve Banks be covered by certain regulations relative to labor-management relations (see H.R. 3067), H10954 [13NO]

Management: promote accountability and the public interest in operations (see H.R. 1160), H1258 [20MR]

———stabilization of the currency and public scrutiny of operations (see H.R. 703), H522 [12FE]

Money: require continued availability of $1 Federal Reserve notes for circulation (see H.R. 1098), H1111 [18MR]

Letters

Applicability of host State laws to any bank branch in such State of an out-of-State bank, H3089 [21MY]

Availability of credit in disaster areas, S3942 [5MY]

Remarks in House

Economy: investigation of foreign impact on U.S. monetary policy, H2354 [8MY]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: reform (H.R. 31), E65 [7JA]

Federal Open Market Committee: clarify application of the Government in the Sunshine Act (H.R. 690), E201 [11FE]

Financial institutions: expand the opportunity for private enterprise to compete with the Board of Governors in the transportation of paper checks (H.R. 2119), H5457 [17JY]

———Federal regulation of interstate banking and branching, E676 [16AP]

Interest rates: impact on economic conditions, H1292, H1319 [8AP], H1901-H1906 [28AP], H1911 [29AP], H2481-H2485 [12MY], H2494 [13MY], H2869-H2871 [16MY], E660 [15AP], E740 [24AP]

National Fed Challenge: award recipients, E874 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Ferguson, Roger W.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S11435-S11442 [30OC]

Financial institutions: require Federal banking agencies to notify Congress prior to implementation of new accounting standards for derivatives (S. 1560), S12604 [13NO]

Gramlich, Edward M.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S11435-S11442 [30OC]

Interest rates: impact on economic conditions, S3257 [16AP], S11222-S11229 [27OC], S11435-S11442 [30OC]

Nominations: considered, S11230 [27OC]

Reports filed

Nomination of Edward M. Gramlich to the FRS Board of Governors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10625 [8OC]

Nomination of Roger W. Ferguson to the FRS Board of Governors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10625 [8OC]