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federal

The federal government is the main country-wide government in a country where there are also state or provincial governments. The federal government has said that it will not increase payments to the provinces. While education is a federal issue in countries like Japan, it is more local in countries like Canada or the U.S. Federal taxes will increase next year.

federal

national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units the Federal Bureau of Investigation federal courts the federal highway program federal property of or relating to the central government of a federation a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities a federal system like that of the United States federal governments often evolved out of confederations

Federal

(= Union) being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War Union soldiers Federal forces a Federal infantryman a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War any federal law-enforcement officer

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Simple sentences

The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates.
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.
The Federal Republic of Germany was established in 1949.
Konrad Adenauer was the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Germany is a federal republic.
Israeli Prime Minister Mr. Netanyahu will be hosted today evening by his German counterpart, Mrs. Merkel, in the Federal Chancellor's Office in Berlin.
Tom is a federal prosecutor.
Tom was sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Mary regularly visited Tom in federal prison.
When a critical infrastructure device is attacked, the federal authorities should be able to arrange with the Internet providers that data traffic is blocked or redirected.
Americans pay both federal taxes and state taxes.
Germany is a federal state.

Movie subtitles

In fact, since 1998, the federal government is actually paying farmers not to grow it.
Decree of the Austrian Federal Council The corps of officials will be disbanded.
The restoration of the film took place in 1997 in collaboration between the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek and Taurus Film in the Federal Archive.
It's up to the federal government.
Yes, there's a federal tax, a state tax, and a city tax. a street tax, and a sewer tax.
I ain't gonna have a goodnight's rest. until that federal judge gets here.
They know about the federal judge!
We have the lowest unemployment and the highest federal grants, but - - I've had to compromise.
This is a federal offense.
Federal offense, stopping' a mail train.
Here are those federal gas papers.
We may knock over that federal gas contract.
Did you ever hear of a federal grand jury, Winters?
I'm acting under federal authority.
General Blanco's body was found this morning. He was one of the most important men in the Federal Judicial Police in our country.
The government considers it a federal crime.
This is Joe Marsh. He leaves for a federal prison today.
This guy is Steve Barnes, a federal dick.
Since 1998, the federal government is actually paying farmers not to grow it.
We thank the German Federal Archives and film fans, which made it possible to restore this film.
They know about the federal judge! They'll kill you if you go down to the jail!
This is your last chance. This is a federal offense, and you fellas will be accessories.
Kidnapping's a federal offense, but you pick him up for stealing the plane from the finance company.
I think you could do an awful lot to brighten up a federal penitentiary.
I have orders not to let him come aboard. Federal law.
Once Wheaton tells his story and they investigate your record, 47 marshals will be here to round us up, and you'll spend the rest of your days in a federal prison.
It's a federal matter, as a matter of fact, so if it's all the same to you.
Keep the files away from the treasury boys. Save Whit from doing 10 years in a federal pen.
A federal colonel is giving me his regiment and all his equipment.
A federal officer had him.
Director, I'm pleased to introduce my friend Lemmy Caution. Special Federal Agent of the US Government.

News and current affairs

In October 2007, Cherkesov (now chief of one of the most obscure and powerful services, the Federal Anti-Drug Administration) published another essay in which he lamented his colleagues' degradation: warriors had turned into traders, he complained.
Last winter, America's central bank - the Federal Reserve - was busy patting itself on the back.
Yet throughout all this, the Federal Reserve remained passive.
Indeed, the creation of a European federal government and the elimination of national intermediaries would probably lead to the greatest liberalization of the economy (and society as a whole) in Europe's entire history.
Look at America in 1787: creation of the federal government swept away the balkanized system of pre-revolutionary colonies, ushering in an era of entrepreneurial expansion across the entire American Continent.
Could a federal Europe replace today's national identities?
While the US Federal Reserve Board's first round of quantitative easing was effective in ending a wrenching crisis, the second round has done little to sustain meaningful recovery in the labor market and the real economy.
With federal elections due in Germany this autumn, much will be said about the nature of German conservatism.
But what is one to make of the criticisms of Greenspan's tenure at the Federal Reserve?
With Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Grassley, Kaufman worked last year to pass a bill providing timely resources to federal law enforcement agencies working on recent financial fraud.
They condoned or even supported American air strikes against Baghdad in December 1998, and they supported or even participated in NATO's air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in March 1999.
An even bigger question mark hovers over what might be the greatest national security concern of all: the federal budget deficit.
The US Federal Reserve will carry out more quantitative easing this year, but it will be ineffective: long-term interest rates are already very low, and lowering them further would not boost spending.
As part of America's system of checks and balances, Congress gets to do more than just approve the annual federal budget.
That leaves only about one-third of total federal spending from which to cut, and much of that goes to the defense budget, which Republicans will attempt to protect in the future.
It would seem that rebuilding confidence in the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission is economically more important than rebuilding trust in Citibank or AIG.
Nevertheless, the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a secular state, as are almost all sub-Saharan African states.
Government expenditure exceeded federal revenue, despite rapidly rising foreign-exchange earnings from oil exports after 1970.
The federal government's budget deficits were financed through foreign and domestic borrowing, and by printing money, which led to inflation and depreciation of the new currency.
PRINCETON - Europe's debt crisis has piqued Europeans' interest in American precedents for federal finance.
In the US, when oil prices go up, incomes in Texas and Montana rise, which means that these states then contribute more tax revenue to the federal budget, thereby helping out the rest of the country.

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