How to Use reserve bank in a Sentence

reserve bank

noun
  • The reserve bank reports an increase in home sales as financial conditions have eased.
    — Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • That has drawn attention to the process through which reserve bank presidents are renominated to new terms.
    — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • While the reserve banks’ boards choose their presidents, the Fed board in Washington can vote to reject them.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • China’s central bank has loosened credit conditions five times in the past year by cutting the amount of reserves banks are required to hold.
    — Shen Hong, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Among the voters, three presidents of the Fed’s regional reserve banks were rated most hawkish.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 June 2026
  • The heads of the Fed’s 12 reserve banks are chosen by the nonbank directors of each institution.
    — Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2017
  • But the entire developed world was so starved for liquidity in 2009, the reserve banks worldwide all did the same thing.
    — Anthony Graziano, miamiherald, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The minutes could show whether other, nonvoting reserve bank presidents had reservations.
    — Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The regional reserve banks, which more closely represented private business interests, would have just five.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The Fed has said reserve bank directors are not involved in matters related to banking supervision.
    — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The financial expert warned, citing Atlanta’s own federal reserve bank, that the recession will likely deepen as the months go on all the same.
    — Hunter Boyce, ajc, 6 July 2022
  • The Fed Board of Governors sets monetary policy for the nation and oversees its reserve banks.
    — Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The presidents of the Fed’s other 11 regional reserve banks hold voting seats on a rotating basis.
    — Michael S. Derby, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The reserve bank also said that the Westpac unit’s current liquidity and funding positions are sound and that the bank is well capitalized.
    — Jack Hagel, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2021
  • It is stored in an inactive form in cells such as the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and immune system—acting as the body’s reserve bank, indicating how much iron is available for future use.
    — Tatiana Dias, Vogue, 30 June 2026
  • The move is aimed at restoring the amount of reserves banks hold at the Fed to at least the levels seen early last month, before short-term lending markets suffered a sharp rise in borrowing costs as cash became scarce.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The reserve banks, semi-private entities, are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.
    — Catarina Saraiva, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • All members of the Fed board are part of the FOMC, which also includes a rotation of regional reserve bank officials.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 30 July 2025
  • The scandals increased attention from Congress on the Fed, with lawmakers questioning governance around reserve bank presidents, who are chosen by local boards in an opaque process.
    — Catarina Saraiva, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The other 12 members of the Fed's rate-setting committee are presidents of reserve banks around the country, whose terms are also staggered and who are appointed by local boards of directors.
    — Neil Irwin, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The government in recent days has cracked down on street currency dealers, while some senior officials from the reserve bank were suspended Monday after they were accused of corruption by a ruling party activist.
    — Farai Mutsaka, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
  • The prohibition, taking effect May 1, will apply to the Fed’s 12 regional reserve bank presidents and other top officials.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Late last year, the Federal Reserve imposed new restrictions on senior officials in a bid to address a stock-trading controversy that prompted the resignation of two reserve bank presidents.
    — Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Those responsibilities include annual reviews of each reserve bank, including budgets and general operations.
    — Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Miran has also proposed big changes for the Federal Reserve System, including nationalizing reserve banks and changing the voting structure of the open market committee.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The stress is most prominent for student loan payments, of which more than 14% became seriously delinquent last quarter, the highest level recorded dating back to when the regional reserve bank began tracking it in 2004.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The New York Fed president, whose reserve bank is partly responsible for ensuring financial markets are functioning properly, also promised that the Fed stood ready to act as needed to make sure that everything is working smoothly.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
  • New York City and the surrounding area would be blasted to pieces by no less than 12 Russian thermonuclear weapons, with bombs targeting federal reserve bank buildings, energy-producing utilities, communications hubs, and airports.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2022
  • Earlier this year, as his nomination and confirmation were playing out, the general counsels of the regional banks conferred over how easily reserve bank presidents could be removed by a majority vote of the Board of Governors, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Jonnelle Marte, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller called for a shakeup in the US central bank’s operations, arguing that key functions should be centralized and subject to less consensus-building among its 12 regional reserve banks.
    — Amara Omeokwe, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026

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