The Federal Reserve began in 1913, the Great Depression, the worst economic disaster to ever hit the nation, came shortly after the Fed after it was promised the Fed would get rid of downturns, so we need to throw some "officials" out there to say, yeah, things are bad bow, but they were much worse before the Fed, trust us, we can't prove it with charts, just trust us. LOL
Typical FDR, socialist scumbag liar all the way, his wife too.
I know, barely 16 years after they were created, the Fed screwed up by tightening the money supply, instead of loosening. Milton Friedman talked all about it in a YouTube video that I posted for you.
He says, very clearly, that the government, including the Fed, really boned things up.