Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Seal of the United States Federal Reserve System.svg
Federal Reserve Seal
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Headquarters
Headquarters 1 Memorial Drive
Kansas City, Missouri, US
EstablishedMay 18, 1914(110 years ago) (1914-05-18)
President Jeffrey Schmid
Central bank of
Tenth District
Website Official website
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is one of 12 regional banks that make up the Federal Reserve System

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexico. It is second only to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in size of geographic area served. Missouri is the only state with two main Federal Reserve Banks; the other is located in St. Louis.

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Federal Reserve Notes issued by the bank are identified by "J" on the face of one and two dollar bills and the J10 on the face of other currency.

Headquarters buildings

925 Grand, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, 1921. 925 Grand-former Federal Reserve-KCMO.jpg
925 Grand, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, 1921.

The bank first occupied the R.A. Long Building at 928 Grand in Downtown Kansas City, which opened on November 16, 1914. It then moved across the street once a new $4.3 million building was constructed at 925 Grand, which formally opened in November 1921. Shortly after it was established, the bank rented space to outside tenants. [1] President Harry S. Truman had his office in Room 1107 of the building from when he left the Presidency in 1953 until the Truman Library was completed in 1957. [2]

In 2002, the bank announced plans to build a new facility at 1 Memorial Drive 20 blocks south at 29th and Main on 15.6 acres (63,000 m2) on a hilltop south of the Liberty Memorial. The historic 925 Grand Building was the oldest building of any Federal Reserve Bank operating at that time. It was sold to Townsend LLC in March 2005 and the Reserve leased back the structure until the new building opened in spring 2008. [3] [4] It was designed by Henry N. Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.

Economic policy symposium

Since 1978, [5] [6] the Kansas City Fed has held an annual economic policy symposium. From 1978–1981, it was held at different locations, and from 1982 it has been held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [7] From 1978 to 1981 the symposia focused on agricultural economic issues. Since 1981 topics have been more broad and the symposia have gotten broader attention. [8]

In 2003 and 2005, papers were presented at the symposium that were critical of the status quo, and predicted problems with the unseen risks of derivatives. These ideas in these papers were rejected at the time, but later were seen as having predicted the 2007–2008 financial crisis. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Jackson Hole Consensus

The 2014 edition of the symposium was widely anticipated. [14] Featuring a speech by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, [15] it was depicted as the point of emergence of a new consensus in the economics doctrine and institutions, [16] [17] stressing the importance of aggregate demand, countercyclical investments and fiscal policy [18] in opposition to the so-called austerity policies [19] of the Washington Consensus and Berlin View. This paved the way for quantitative easing to begin in 2015. [20]

The Money Museum

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$10 1915 Kansas City District Federal Reserve Bank Note.

The Fed operates a museum at its new site, called The Money Museum. It offers visitors opportunities to learn about the functions of the Federal Reserve system and America's financial systems. Features of the museum include interactive exhibits, a visit to the automated, multi-story cash vault where millions of dollars are secured — one of the largest in the region, viewing of the Harry S. Truman Coin Collection, and an opportunity to lift a real gold bar. The museum is open weekdays for self-guided tours and for one-hour guided tours, except holidays. [21]

Branches

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Map of the Tenth District

Leaders of the bank

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Esther George and Thomas Hoenig

A list of leaders of the Kansas City Federal Reserve are listed below. [22]

Chairs

Following are chairs of the board of directors of the Kansas City Federal Reserve since 1992. [24]

YearChairCompanyResidence
2023–presentPatrick A. DujakovichGreater Kansas City AFL-CIO Kansas City, Missouri
2017–2022Rose M. Washington Tulsa Economic Development Corporation Tulsa, Oklahoma
2015–2016Steve MaestasMaestas Development Group Albuquerque, New Mexico
2013–2014Barbara MowryGoreCreek Advisors Greenwood Village, Colorado
2011–2012Paul DeBruceDeBruce GrainKansas City, Missouri
2008–2010Lu M. CórdovaCorlund Industries Boulder, Colorado
2005–2007 Robert A. Funk Express Personnel Services Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2003–2004Richard H. BardInternational Surface Preparation Corporation Golden, Colorado
2001–2002Terrence P. DunnJ.E. Dunn ConstructionKansas City, Missouri
1998–2000Jo Marie Dancik Ernst & Young Denver, Colorado
1996–1997A. Drue Jennings Kansas City Power & Light Company Kansas City, Missouri
1995–1996 Herman Cain Godfather's Pizza Omaha, Nebraska
1992–1994 Burton A. Dole Jr. Puritan-Bennett Corporation Overland Park, Kansas

Board of directors

The following people are on the board of directors as of 2023: [25]

ClassNameCompanyResidenceTerm Expires Dec 31Notes
APatricia J. MinardEmprise BankWichita, Kansas2023
AKyle HeckmanFlatirons BankBoulder, Colorado2024
AAlex WilliamsHalstead Bank Halstead, Kansas 2025
BRuben Alonso IIIAltCapKansas City, Missouri2023
BRamin CherafatMcCownGordon ConstructionKansas City, Missouri2024
BPaul Maass Scoular Omaha, Nebraska2025
CMaría Griego-RabyContract AssociatesAlbuquerque, New Mexico2023Deputy Chair
CJandel Allen-Davis Craig Hospital Englewood, Colorado2024
CPatrick A. DujakovichGreater Kansas City AFL-CIOKansas City, Missouri2025Chair

According to the Kansas City's website the directors blended as follows: [26]

Class A - Three Class A directors represent commercial banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. These directors are bankers who are nominated and elected by member banks within the Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes western Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado and northern New Mexico. Under the Class A category, a director will be elected by a specific group of member banks classified as either 1, 2 or 3. This classification is based on the total amount of capital and surplus for each commercial bank, with Group 1 banks being the largest. Each group within the class elects one director.

Class B - Three Class B directors represent the public. Class B directors may not be an officer, director or employee of a bank or bank holding company. These directors are also elected by member banks under the same categories as Class A directors.

Class C - Three Class C directors also represent the public, but are appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. This adds another layer to the blending of public and private control over the nation's central bank. The Board of Governors also selects both the chairman and deputy chairman of each regional Federal Reserve Bank's board of directors from among the Class C directors. These directors are highly insulated from banking relationships. They may not be an officer, director or employee of a bank or bank holding company. Additionally, these directors may not own stock in a bank or a bank holding company.

The heist in the 2008 movie Mad Money takes place at a fictitious version of the bank.

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References

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