• unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Yes, the Fed. As in “an informal identifier being used as a metonymy for the executive branch of the Federal Government”. It’s not exclusively used to refer to the Federal Reserve.

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      7 days ago

      Oh.

      Generally that’s “the Feds”. “The Fed” pretty much only ever applies to the Federal Reserve.