Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• REQUIRED RESERVES
  
  Funds that a depository institution is required to maintain as vault cash or on deposit with a Federal Reserve Bank; required amount varies according to required reserve ratios set by the Board of Governors and the volume of reservable liabilities held by the institution.
  
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