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Senator Muriel Humphrey shakes hands with President Jimmy Carter after the signing of the Humphrey-Hawkins Act

Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act

Commonly called Humphrey-Hawkins, the 1978 Act set new goals for the nation’s economic policymakers

Fed Chairman Arthur Burns (left) with President Jimmy Carter, future Fed Chairman G. William Miller, and Miller's wife Ariadna Miller

Federal Reserve Reform Act

This 1977 law was instrumental in shaping the current Fed

William McChesney Martin Jr. is sworn in as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Treasury-Fed Accord

The 1951 agreement that laid the foundation for the modern Federal Reserve

President Roosevelt chats with various politicians and administration officials as he signs the Banking Act of 1935.

Banking Act of 1935

This legislation restructured the Fed in both cosmetic and consequential ways

Federal Reserve History

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