Who is behind the Federal Reserve?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners.
Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
On the record
Sourced links that no one presents as their own account, as recorded so far. Others may exist.
Led by
- Alan Greenspan chair of 1998 Chairman Primary record 1
- Ben Bernanke chair of Chairman Primary record 2
Proof 2 sources
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Letter to Speaker Gingrich on OTC derivatives (Rubin, Greenspan, Levitt), U.S. Department of Treasury, 5 Jun 1998.
Primary record
Alan Greenspan, Chairman
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U.S. financial markets (Chairman Bernanke, Senate Banking; same text to House Financial Services 24 Sept), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 23 Sep 2008.
Primary record
In the case of Lehman Brothers, a major investment bank, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury declined to commit public funds to support the institution.
How this answer is built
Lines on the record come first: sourced links that no one presents as their own account, each with its strongest source. Then every account recorded here gets its own column, A to Z, none ranked above another. A column quotes only that account's own words and shows the strength of its own sources. Disputed lines are listed apart, with the reason, and lines still being verified come last. Neither is counted. Withdrawn lines are never shown.
When a list is longer than the page shows, the links the public methodology ranks strongest stay (methodology 0.3), and the rest open in the explorer.
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