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Fed payments to banks rise $5.2 billion

By Joseph Lawler
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Fed payments to banks rise $5.2 billion

The Federal Reserve paid $12 billion in interest to banks in 2016, the central bank announced Tuesday, cutting into the payments it sent to the Treasury.

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors announced that the central bank sent $92 billion to the Treasury, down from $97.7 billion in 2015.

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