Federal Open Market Committee
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) controls open market operations for the Federal Reserve. It consists of twelve members: seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and four of the remaining eleven Reserve Bank presidents, who serve one-year terms on a rotating basis.
The FOMC holds eight regularly scheduled meetings per year, where the members review economic and financial conditions, determines the appropriate stance of monetary policy, and assesses the risks to its long-run goals of price stability and sustainable economic growth.
The FOMC holds eight regularly scheduled meetings per year, where the members review economic and financial conditions, determines the appropriate stance of monetary policy, and assesses the risks to its long-run goals of price stability and sustainable economic growth.
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Market Wrap: FOMC Fine with QE3...for Now; Men's Wearhouse Fires Founder; 3-D Printing Merger
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Markets Crash as Bernanke Signals the Death of QE
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Bernanke says FOMC may adjust unemployment threshold down
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Bernanke: FOMC may 'moderate' rate of purchases later in 2013
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Bernanke: most FOMC participants don't back sale of agency debt
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Markets Dip Lower as Fed Maintains Course
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FOMC Maintains $85B Bond Buying Plan
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Stocks Quiet Ahead of FOMC Statement
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HSH.com Weekly Mortgage Rates Radar: Fixed Mortgage Rates Break Rise
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Is Ben Bernanke Ready to Announce His Retirement?
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Trading Radar for 06/19: FedEx (FDX), Micron (MU), Jabil Circuit (JBL), Red Hat (RHT) Report
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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop First Time in 6 Weeks; Current Rate is 3.88%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate Ticker
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Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Rise for 6th Consecutive Week
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FXPRIMUS Market Brief of The Week-Full Set of Data Mounts Growth Pressure On Xi-Li's Administration's Reform
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Fitch: Easing US C&I Loan Terms Point to Weaker Asset Quality
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FXPRIMUS Market Brief of The Week-QE Taper Trial Run Last Week?
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Top 10 News Items for 05/20 to 05/24: A True Fed Tapering?, Japan's Nikkei Blasted, Dimons are Forever
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Animal Spirits Alive and Well as U.S. Stocks Buck Massive Japanese Sell-Off
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Gold (GLD) Goes Crazy; Trades Up Despite Fed Speak
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Japan's Nikkei Plunges 7%; U.S. Stocks Indicated Lower
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Market Wrap: Bernanke Baffles Markets; Tesla Off the Hook; H-P Stuns Street
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Short Sellers See the Light (HLF) (FSLR) (NFLX) (TLSA)
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Number of FOMC Members Willing to Taper as Early as June Meeting
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FOMC Minutes April 30-May 1, 2013
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Bernanke Warns Against 'Premature Tightening'
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Bernanke Prepared Comments to U.S. Congress on Economic Outlook
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Trading Radar for 05/22: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Target (TGT), Toll Brothers (TOL), Guess? (GES) Report
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Gold Lower Ahead of FOMC Minutes on Signs of Early QE Exit (GLD) (IAU)
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Duration Risk is a Key Concern of Bond Investors as Credit and Spread Levels Have Some Fundamental Support, Says Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso
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Segal Rogerscasey Announces Two New Papers on Monetary Policy
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Lending from Advantage Capital Business Loans Leads the Way Toward Economic Stability
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Not in Kansas Anymore: Monetary Policy Demystified
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Bernanke Speech at 49th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition
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Path To Rising Interest Rates May Not Be In The Cards As Fed Pivots On Policy
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Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso: Central Banks Send Signals That Existing Policies Are Not Having Desired Effects
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Market Wrap: Fed Keeps Pace of Buying; ADP Jobs Miss Views; Crude Lags on Inventory Build
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Fed Maintains $85B Monthly Securities Purchase Plan, Prepared to Increase or Reduce Purchases
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Trading Radar for 05/01: Facebook (FB), Clorox (CLX), MasterCard (MA), Chesapeake (CHK), Time Warner (TWX), Sands (LVS) Report
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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. Reports Quarterly Earnings Of $47.9 Million
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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Hover Near Historic Lows; Current Rate is 3.25%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate Ticker
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Market Brief of the Week-European Central Bank in the Spotlight: Mario Sant Singh
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First National Bank of Northern California Reports First Quarter 2013 Earnings of $0.20 per Diluted Share
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Heritage Commerce Corp Earns $2.2 Million for the First Quarter of 2013, Posting Its Eleventh Consecutive Quarter of Profitability
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Unity Bancorp Reports 56.6% Increase in Earnings
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UPDATE: Dudley favors continuing QE following job market slowdown
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Top 10 News Items for 04/08 - 04/12: Change Atop JCPenney; PC Sale Absent in Q1; IPOs on Fire
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UPDATE: Gold Under Heavy Pressure, Breaks Below $1500/ounce
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Notable 52-Week Highs and Lows of the Day 04/11: (RAD) (ACAD) (BYD) High; (AFFY) (NG) Low
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Market Wrap: Fed Experiences Premature Circulation; Netflix Has Social Plan; China Syndrome for Yum?
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UPDATE: Goldman (GS), Barclays (BCS) among recipients of early Fed release
