Before the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was passed, many state and local banks, businesses and trust companies entered in bankruptcy and many investors were unsure of the safety of their bank deposits. The Act, then, was created to establish the central bank of the United States: the Federal Reserve System, with the purpose to establish and keep economic stability in the nation, through the management of the country's money supply, the supervision of monetary policy, the making of loans and the supervision and regulation of financial institutions practices.