Board Actions

Economic Outlook -- statement by Chairman Bernanke before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress on economic and financial developments.
-Published, April 14, 2010

Banco do Brasil, S.A., Brasilia, Brazil -- election to be treated as a financial holding company.
-Effective, April 13, 2010

Forms -- final Board review to extend without revision the Written Security Program for State Member Banks (FR 4004), Uniform Application for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (FR MSD-4), Uniform Termination Notice for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (FR MSD-5), Notice by Financial Institutions of Government Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer Activities (FR G-FIN), and Notice by Financial Institutions of Termination of Activities as a Government Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer (FR G-FINW).
-Approved, April 12, 2010

Forms -- initial Board review to extend without revision the reporting and disclosure requirements associated with the Policy on Payments System Risk (PSR policy) (FR 4102) and the Transfer Agent Registration and Amendment Form (FR TA-1).
-Proposed, April 16, 2010

Division of Monetary Affairs -- appointment of William B. English as director and Brian F. Madigan as senior adviser, effective July 23, 2010.
-Announced, April 12, 2010

Financial Institutions Examinations -- interagency report to Congress on federal banking agencies' efforts to coordinate examinations and supervision of financial institutions, as required by the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act.
-Approved, April 13, 2010

Access Bancshares, Inc., Champlin, Minnesota -- written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
-Announced, April 13, 2010

KCB Bank, Kearney, Missouri -- written agreement dated July 2, 2008, terminated April 6, 2010.
-Announced, April 14, 2010