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Jews and the Federal Reserve

The claim that Jews started the Federal Reserve is a longstanding antisemitic myth. The Federal Reserve System emerged from decades of banking crises and policy debates culminating in the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.

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jews started the federal reserve

The claim "" reduces a complex legislative and institutional history to an antisemitic trope; while a prominent German‑Jewish banker, , was an influential advocate for a U.S. central bank, the Federal...