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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Trading Radar for 7/8: Alcoa (AA), WD-40 (WDFC) Report
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Top 10 News for 4/6 - 4/10: GE to Exit Real Estate Biz; Shell Makes Major M&A Move; Pincus Returns to Zynga
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Market Wrap: Fed Officials Divided on Rate Hike Timeline; 'Welcome Back, Pincus!'; Tesla's New Ride
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Trading Radar for 4/8: Alcoa (AA), Rite Aid (RAD), Family Dollar (FDO), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Report
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Top 10 News for 3/16 - 3/20: Fed Gets Less 'Patient' on Rate Hike; Housing Starts Lag in Feb.; Apple Joins Dow
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Top 10 News for 10/6 - 10/10: Splitsville for H-P; Icahn Refocuses on Apple; FOMC Becomes More Focused on Data, Not Date
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Market Wrap: First U.S. Ebola Patient Dies; FOMC Cautious on Global Growth; Elliott Takes Aim at EMC
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Trading Radar for 10/8: Alcoa (AA), Costco (COST), Monsanto (MON), RPM Int'l (RPM) Report
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Top 10 News for 7/7 - 7/11: Strong Start to Q2 Earnings Season; Cynk Seems Out of Sync; Fed to Stem Easing
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Market Wrap: Alcoa Shines in Q2; Dow Drops Back Below 17K; AbbVie Sweetens Shire Bid
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Top 10 News for 07/08 - 07/12: Bernanke Speaks, Markets React; UPS Ships Disaster; It's Q2 Earnings Season!
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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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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 01/08: (GLD) Higher; (XME) (OIH) Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 08/23: (GDXJ) Higher; (XME) (XRT) Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 07/09: (UNG) (SLV) (XLV) Higher; (XLF) (TAN) Lower
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Top 10 News Items 10/10-10/14: Stocks Continue Last Week's Rally; Google Destroys Q3 Estimates; Slovakia Ratifies Latest Euro Bailout Fund
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Trading Radar for 10/11: Alcoa (AA), EXFO (EXFO), Mechel OAO (MTL), WSP Holdings (WH) Report
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Top 10 News Items 7/11-7/15: Fed's Latest Minutes Hint at QE3; Google Issues Blowout Q2 Earnings; Moody's, S&P Place US AAA Rating on Watch for Downgrade
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Top 10 News Items 7/12-7/16: Goldman to Pay $550M to Settle with SEC, BP's New Cap is Working!, FinReg Approved by US Senate
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David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 3/19
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Top 10 News Items 1/5-1/9: Unemployment Rate Spikes Over 7%; Corruption at Saytam Shocks Wall Street; Wal-Mart Cuts Q4 Outlook
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Trading Radar for 10/07: Alcoa (AA), Yum! (YUM), Safeway (SWY) Report; FOMC Minutes, Consumer Credit for August Due
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David Moenning’s Daily State of the Markets: 6/11
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David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 4/8