For release: July 9, 2004

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St. Louis Fed Promotes Huang to Assistant Vice President

ST. LOUIS, Mo.— The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has promoted James L. Huang to assistant vice president. Huang oversees commercial, Postal Money Order and U.S. Treasury check processing. He was also recently named the Eighth District's project manager for the software, hardware and operational changes that will be required to support the introduction of "Check 21" legislation.

Huang joined the St. Louis Fed is 1996 as a management analyst. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in business from the University of Florida.

With branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis serves the Eighth Federal Reserve District, which includes all of Arkansas, eastern Missouri, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. The St. Louis Fed is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., comprise the Federal Reserve System. As the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve System formulates U.S. monetary policy, regulates state-chartered member banks and bank holding companies, and provides payment services to financial institutions and the U.S. government.

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