Emergency Banking Relief Act
Title
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Creator
United States Congress
Subject
Great Depression
Banking crisis—United States
Banking reform—United States
New Deal
Economic policy—United States
Banking crisis—United States
Banking reform—United States
New Deal
Economic policy—United States
Description
The Emergency Banking Relief Act, passed on March 9, 1933, was a key piece of legislation enacted during the early days of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in response to the banking crisis of the Great Depression. The act declared a national banking emergency and granted the president broad authority to regulate banking transactions, reopen solvent banks, and restore stability to the financial system. It was designed to rebuild public confidence in banks after widespread failures and bank runs.
Publisher
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
Contributor
N/A
Date
1933-03-09
Type
Text
Format
Digital text (government document; scanned archival record)
Identifier
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/emergency-banking-relief-act-1098/fulltext
Source
FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Language
English
Relation
Related to Fireside Chat on the Banking Crisis (1933); Executive Order 6102 (1933)
Coverage
1933 United States
Rights
Public domain
Files
Collection
Citation
United States Congress, “Emergency Banking Relief Act,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed June 20, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5782.
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