Who owns the federal reserve?

No one person actually owns the federal reserve; it is a private company seperate from the country. I guess if anybody owns it; it is the people who own private shares of the company. Oh yes they do sell private shares to private banks who are probably made up of powerful people.It is a corporation.

Why do you think they call Ben Bernanke fed president and chief?

They are owned by all the National banks in the continental United States, which are required by the Federal Reserve Act to subscribe to the stock, and by an increasing number of State banks and trust companies, which may subscribe under certain conditions. These stockholders, or member banks as they are usually called, have been required to subscribe 6% of their capital and surplus toward the capital stock of the district banks. Of this, one-half was paid in by May 6, 1915, and the remainder is payble upon call of the Federal Reserve Board.

These "member banks" are entitled to receive a cumulative dividend of 6% upon paid-in subscriptions; the remainder of the net earnings will be used for additions to surplus until it reaches 100% of the subscribed capital stock of such bank, after which only 10% of the net earnings shall be paid into the surplus account, and all additional net earnings shall be paid to the United States Government as a franchise tax. As amended June 21, 1917, the ... more.

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