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• FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
  
  The seven-member governing board of the Federal Reserve System. Members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate for their 14-year terms. The board supervises the activities of the Fed and, as the majority of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), is principally responsible for the conduct of monetary policy.
  
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