Franklin Delano Roosevelt9 March 1933
Roosevelt signs the Emergency Banking Act, which strengthens federal control over the banking emergency and permits Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency backed by qualifying assets.
United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Roosevelt signs the Emergency Banking Act, which strengthens federal control over the banking emergency and permits Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency backed by qualifying assets.
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