National Monetary Commission

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The National Monetary Commission was a U.S. congressional body established in the early 20th century to study banking and currency systems and recommend reforms that ultimately influenced the creation of the Federal Reserve System.

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National Monetary Commission canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional commission ⓘ
governmental study commission ⓘ
aimedAt reform of the United States banking system ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
appointedBy Vice President and Speaker of the House (for respective chambers) ⓘ
authorizedByStatute Aldrich–Vreeland Act ⓘ
chairperson Nelson W. Aldrich ⓘ
composition members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
dissolutionReason its recommendations had been submitted and considered in subsequent legislation ⓘ
dissolved c. 1912 ⓘ
fieldOfWork banking ⓘ
economics ⓘ
monetary economics ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
hasCause Panic of 1907 ⓘ
hasChairperson Nelson W. Aldrich ⓘ
hasEffect provided intellectual and empirical basis for U.S. central banking reform ⓘ
hasMember A. Piatt Andrew ⓘ
Henry Cabot Lodge ⓘ
Theodore E. Burton ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
history established in response to the Panic of 1907 ⓘ
inception 1908 ⓘ
influenced Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ
creation of the Federal Reserve System ⓘ
jurisdiction United States Congress ⓘ
legalForm temporary congressional commission ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativePeriod 61st United States Congress ⓘ
62nd United States Congress ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject banking reform ⓘ
banking systems ⓘ
currency systems ⓘ
financial regulation ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
notableChairperson Nelson W. Aldrich ⓘ
partOf Progressive Era financial reforms in the United States ⓘ
producedWork National Monetary Commission reports ⓘ
studies of the Bank of England ⓘ
studies of the Bank of France ⓘ
studies of the German Reichsbank ⓘ
purpose to recommend reforms of the U.S. banking and monetary system ⓘ
to study banking and currency conditions in the United States and abroad ⓘ
reasonForAbolition completion of its investigative and reporting mandate ⓘ
significantEvent investigation of European central banking systems ⓘ
publication of extensive reports on banking and currency ⓘ

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Aldrich–Vreeland Act → created → National Monetary Commission ⓘ
Nelson W. Aldrich → committeeMembership → National Monetary Commission ⓘ
Panic of 1907 → followedBy → National Monetary Commission ⓘ
Aldrich Plan → draftedBy → National Monetary Commission ⓘ
Frank A. Vanderlip → memberOf → National Monetary Commission ⓘ