Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
member Bank of Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is responsible for the Ninth District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The district is headquartered in Minneapolis and has a branch office in Helena, Montana. The bank's chief executive officer and president is Neel Kashkari. Although its geographical territory is the third largest of the twelve Federal Reserve banks, it serves the smallest population base of the system.
Staff
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve bank is an organization with more than 1,000 employees.
Neel Kashkari became the bank's president in 2016, succeeding Narayana Kocherlakota. The Minneapolis Fed has strong ties to the economics department at the University of Minnesota. Economist and Nobel laureate Edward Prescott was affiliated with both institutions for many years. The Bank publishes The Region, a magazine featuring articles about economic policy and interviews with famous economists.
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