[lazide]

* The first link points out,

1) Those shares are not controlling in any way, but they do pay dividends. And those shares are for all member banks.

So it is a way for the Federal reserve to push any 'profit' from lending to the banks who paid the interest in.

2) They do vote for some directors (6 of 9) for the sub-banks, but those directors do not control things like interest rates or other policy decisions. That is done by the Board of Governors, which is controlled by the US Gov't.

* For your second link, that website looks like infowars had it's head explode all over the room. I'll pass.

[corbulo]

It's unlikely that they have shares for the hell of it. Advisory capacity or not, there is some influence however you want to phrase it. Why not publish them if its totally innocuous? If you read the history of banks those are the ones that were there at its founding.

I agree that website looks like shit, but what it says is sourced and lines up with the public history of the fed.