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Federal Wire

The Fed Wire is an electronic communications network connecting the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, the U.S. Treasury and some other federal agencies. The Fed Wire is used by Reserve Banks for Fed Funds transactions, U.S. government securities sales and financial transfers from the connected institutions.

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