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How Can the Federal Reserve Pay Dividends to Its Shareholders When It Has No Profits?

A political compromise struck in 1913 has put the system of our central bank in an untenable position.

The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building at Washington.
The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building at Washington. AP/Andrew Harnik, file

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