The Federal Reserve , via the largely passive issuance of currency: the issuance of Federal Reserve notes, created when the public chooses to redeem their on-demand bank-issued deposit liabilities for currency.

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Moreover, further cuts on local-currency (yuan) deposit rates are feasible, even though they are already lower than equivalent dollar-deposit rates.

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In June, the Federal Reserve, joined by the Office of Controller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of Thrift Supervision, issued final guidance to promote and ensure sound incentive compensation and avoid imprudent risk-taking.

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Sheila Bair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and John Dugan, the Comptroller of the Currency, have fallen out over Ms Bair's deposit-insurance reforms.

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Banks can offer deposit and checking accounts for the new currency, just as they do with any currency.

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Pretty much every regulator went for this view of risk the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision.

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The order is based on similar mandates issued against Citi or its subsidiaries last year one by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and one by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the California Department of Financial Institutions.

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Scheduled to testify Wednesday: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair, Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, Office of Thrift Supervision Director John Dugan and Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner.

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Low net worth individuals owning a high proportion of foreign currency assets would likely need to sell some of these assets if their cash deposit holdings (in Japan) did not cover their (immediate) needs.

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