The Federal Reserve performs five key economic functions in the public interest to help promote the healthy U.S. economy, including promoting the stability of a financial system that is so crucial to the wellbeing of the American economy.

To help keep this complex financial system stable and working, the Fed constantly monitors the linkages between investors, savers, borrowers, and businesses, all to help make financial institutions and markets more resilient, so that even in times of economic and market distress, they can bend without breaking and keep the financial system from stalling.

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