- Control of Growth & Development. Hormones are chemical messengers produced by glands in the endocrine system. Endocrine tissues are specialised to produce such hormones, which have genes switched on according the the hormones they were designed to produce.
There are actually three rates in the U.S. that drive virtually everything else, from bond returns to credit card interest rates. Of these, the Federal Reserve actually controls only two (the Federal Funds Rate and the Discount Rate). The third rate, called the Prime Rate, is the rate that most people falsely believe the Fed changes. In truth, this is the one rate the Fed has no direct control over.
Who Controls the Economy? Who Controls Wall Street? (Part 1) Who Controls Wall Street? (Part 2) Who Controls Wall Street? (Part 3) Who Controls Goldman Sachs? Who Controls JPMorgan Chase? Who Controls the Treasury Department? Who Controls the Federal Reserve System?