Question: Where does the federal reserve get its authority?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: Which body does the federal reserve get its authority from originally?
Which body governs the federal reserve and its authority?
From which act does the federal reserve get its authority?
answer: Congress
U.S. Congress
US Government
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
board of governors
Federal Reserve Act
Natural Questions answer: The U.S. Congress (from the Wikipedia article "Federal Reserve System")