# Canonical recap data for U.S. Federal Reserve System Established (1913)
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title: U.S. Federal Reserve System Established
subtitle: The Federal Reserve Act created America's central banking system, fundamentally reshaping monetary policy and establishing the institutional foundation for modern financial regulation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1913-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1913
decade: 1910
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises. Although an instrumen
summaryLong: The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises. Although an instrument of the U.S. government, the Federal Reserve System considers itself "an independent central bank because its monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the president or by anyone else in the executive or legislative branches of government, it does not receive funding appropriated by Congress, and the terms of the members of the board of governors span multiple presidential and congressional terms." Over the years, events such as the Great Depression in the 1930s and the Great Recession during the 2000s have led to the expansion of the roles and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Federal Reserve"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve"
  title: U.S. Federal Reserve System
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
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- tech-launch
metaDescription: The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Ac
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: U.S. Federal Reserve System
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve"
