Question: How many stars are on the flag of the country that owns the institution responsible for monetary policy in the U.S.?

confederate states of america the first national flag of the confederate states of america with 13 stars name ``the stars and bars ''use national flag adopted march 4, 1861 (first 7 - star version) november 28, 1861 (final 13 - star version) design three horizontal stripes of equal height, alternating red and white, with a blue square two - thirds the height of the flag as the canton. inside the canton are white five - pointed stars of equal size, arranged in a circle and pointing outward. designed by nicola marschall the second national flag of the confederate states of america name`` the stainless banner'' use national flag proportion 1: 2 adopted may 1, 1863 design a white rectangle two times as wide as it is tall, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five - pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire. the third national flag of the confederate states of america. name ``the blood - stained banner ''use national flag proportion 2: 3 adopted march 4, 1865 design a white rectangle, one - and - a-half times as wide as it is tall a red vertical stipe on the far right of the rectangle, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five - pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire. designed by arthur l. rogers <SEP> Monetary policy concerns the actions of a central bank or other regulatory authorities that determine the size and rate of growth of the money supply. For example, in the United States, the Federal Reserve is in charge of monetary policy, and implements it primarily by performing operations that influence short - term interest rates. <SEP> the ministry of finance's remit is smaller than its counterparts in many other states. macroeconomic management is primarily handled by the national development and reform commission (ndrc). state-owned industries are the responsibility of the state-owned assets supervision and administration commission, and there are separate regulators for banking, insurance and securities. it also does not handle regulation of the money markets or interest rates. these, together with other aspects of monetary policy, are governed by the people's bank of china (pbc), china's central bank. the ministry, ndrc and pbc are equal in status, with their political heads all sitting on the state council. <SEP> It consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the ``union '') bearing fifty small, white, five - pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S. Nicknames for the flag include The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, and The Star - Spangled Banner. <SEP> The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of financial panics (particularly the panic of 1907) led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises. Over the years, events such as the Great Depression in the 1930s and the Great Recession during the 2000s have led to the expansion of the roles and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System.