In today’s fast-changing world financial environment plays a crucial role in influencing economic growth, investments, employment, external trade, inflation, interest rates, credit demand and supply, exchange rates, purchasing power, consumer spending, Government Budget, and also your wealth, investment, financial planning, and economic wellbeing. It is, therefore, imperative to understand how the policy of the Federal Reserve Bank influences the above parameters in the economy so as to plan more effectively and proactively thwart the adverse effects and take advantage of positive aspects of the policy.The webinar will cover the functions of the Federal Reserve Bank and its operations. The topic will discuss its organization and the instruments it uses to control the money supply and its price, i.e. rate of interest. I will analyze how it uses the Fed Funds Rate and Open Market Operations to regulate the money supply and credit cost. It will also outline how these operations influence the overall economy through consumer demand, housing demand and supply, investments, employment, price level, and inflation, foreign trade, and the exchange rate of the dollar. Federal Reserve policy also affects the stock market and the debt market.It will cover how the policies of the Federal Reserve have changed over the years and how it has responded to the demands of the economy. How it responded to the crisis of 2008 with sub-zero interest rate policy and Quantitative Easing, and how it is normalizing its policy now. Restoring its balance sheet. What are the challenges ahead?Areas Covered Functions of the Federal Reserve BankHow does it operate?What are the instruments through which it governs?It's an influence on Money supply and interest ratesMechanism of its effect on the economyIts effect of consumer spending, housing demand and supply, investment, foreign trade, and exchange rate Financial CrisisSub-zero interest rate policyQuantitative EasingNormalization of PolicyRestoring its balance sheetCourse Level - Basic and FundamentalWho Should Attend Wealth ManagersFinance ManagersInvestorsTradersBusinessesEntrepreneursFinancial planners, and advisersBanking managersSmall businesses