INTRODUCTION
The Federal Reserve System also known as the Federal Reserve was formed on December 23rd 1913 after the approval of Federal Reserve act (Beckhart, 2). The enactment of the act was accelerated by a series of financial panics, mainly by a severe panic in 1907(Bechart,2).It’s main objective was; to provide economic stability by formulating and implementing monetary policies that will ensure price stability, to facilitate discounting of commercial papers and lastly to regulate the activities of commercial banks (Prochnow,3). However the goal of the Federal Reserve has changed overtime and broadened to accommodate other economic ...