Should the federal reserve control the money supply?

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By cutting off the money supply, the Fed responds by taking more money into its base and stopping the printing of money. In addition to these strategies, people are encouraged to start saving by...

With so much money changing hands electronically now, all they have to do is say "Make it so". They actually didn't need the bailout money either, it could have been done without increasing the debt...

The federal reserve decides what interest rates will be. If they decide interest rates should be low (which they usually do when the economy is suffering), people will buy more and the economy will...

does the federal reserve have complete control over the money supply at all times