Reserve requirements
The percentage of different types of deposits that member banks are required to hold on deposit at the Fed. |
Similar financial terms
Reserve ratiosSpecified percentages of deposits, established by the Federal Reserve Board, that banks must keep in a non-interest-bearing account at one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks.
Reserve currency
A foreign currency held by a central bank or monetary authority for the purposes of exchange intervention and the settlement of inter-governmental claims.
Reserve
An accounting entry that properly reflects the contingent liabilities.
Required reserves
The dollar amounts based on reserve ratios that banks are required to keep on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank.
Official reserves
Holdings of gold and foreign currencies by official monetary institutions.
