The Federal Reserve System is:
A. the central bank of the United States.
B. a group of 12 commercial banks.
C. the branch of the U.S. Treasury that keeps the U.S. gold reserves.
D. a firm that accepts deposits from the nonbank public and lends them to borrowers.
Answer: A
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