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Re: Reserve

Good to know.  

On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:47 PM, larry.r.trout wrote:

'Federal Reserve Banks generate their own income, primarily from interest earned on government securities that are acquired in the course of Federal Reserve monetary policy actions. A secondary source of income is derived from the provision of priced services to depository institutions, as required by the Monetary Control Act of 1980. Federal Reserve Banks are not, however, operated for a profit, and each year they return to the U.S. Treasury all earnings in excess of Federal Reserve operating and other expenses.'

http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/frseries/frseri3.htm