The locations of Federal Reserve District boundaries, and of the Banks within the Districts, were determined mostly by the geographic distribution of the U.S. population at the time the Federal Reserve System was created (1913), to accommodate local needs.
Mr Trump claims the total cost of the wall will be $10bn (Â£7.5bn) to $12bn. But estimates from fact checkers and engineers seem to be universally higher. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell estimated it will cost between $12-15bn, as he addressed reporters at a Republican conference in Philadelphia.
Whatâs the cost of Trumpâs proposed wall? info Whatâs the cost of Trumpâs proposed wall? MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber weighs in on the financials behind Trumpâs signature campaign issue: building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall. 08/31/16.