Current Activity
The Dallas Fed is the nation's central processor for Treasury coupons and manages the national Electronic Transfer Account program, processes checks for federal benefit recipients. The Dallas Fed also focused on research dealing with maquiladoras and other U.S.-Mexico border economics. The president, as of 2005, is Richard W. Fisher, the former vice chairman of Kissinger and Associates. His predecessor, who served from 1991–2005, was Robert D. McTeer.
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