Federal Reserve turns 100 years old

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The press called it an early Christmas present for President Woodrow Wilson: On Dec. 23, 1913, Congress passed legislation creating the Federal Reserve. Hours later, Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.

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