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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FOMC Minutes from August 9th Meeting
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CNBC' Steve Liesman notes that FOMC dissenter Kocherlakota could change his view.
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Fed's Evans In Favor of Strong Accommodation
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'Risk On' is Back as Speculators Look for Repeat of 14% 2010 Jackson Hole Run-Up
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Barclays U.S. Portfolio Strategy Weekly: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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Blinder: FOMC Unlikely to Start QE3 at Sept. Meeting, Would Be 'Weak Policy'
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Bernanke Kicks the Can on QE3, Points to Fiscal Policymakers
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Ben Bernanke Said FOMC Will Address Additional Easing Tools at September Meeting
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Bernanke Jackson Hole Speech
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Fed's Plosser Says Last FOMC Statement was 'Overly Pessimistic'
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'Twas the Night Before Jackson Hole...
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QE3 Or Not, Something Will Happen at Jackson Hole
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Goldman Sachs Cuts GDP Forecast; Says Bernanke Will Give Details of QE3 at Jackson Hole But Take No Action
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Stocks Get a QE3 Jolt
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Questionable Rumor Of Emergency Fed Meeting Makes the Rounds
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Top 10 News Item 8/8-8/12: Stocks Respond to US Credit-Rating Downgrade; Dow Swings 400+ Points Four Days This Week; Fed Gives Hope for QE3
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Minneapolis Fed Head Kocherlakota Explains His Dissenting Vote
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QE3 Is Coming - Goldman Sachs
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Bernanke Steamrolls Three Dissenters and Brings Back the 'Bernanke Put'
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Analyst Upgrades Rise Nearly 300% as Market Nears Bear Market Territory
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Fed Sees Federal Funds Rate 'Exceptionally Low' Through Mid-2013; Three Fed Members Vote Against the Action
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FOMC Statement; Sees Exceptionally Low Fed Funds Through Mid-2013
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Following Knee-Jerk Higher, Stocks Pare Gains Following Fed Rate Decision: Dow Down 83
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Dow up 83 ahead of FOMC rate decision, Nasdaq up 49, S&P 500 up 14
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Stocks Well Off Session Highs Into FOMC Rate Decision: Dow Up 91, Nasdaq Up 50, S&P 500 Up 16
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 08/09: (XLF) (SPY) (XLK) Higher; (VXX) (SLV) (ITB) Lower
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Stocks Higher, But Nervous
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STOCKS DESTROYED
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Bernanke & Co to the Rescue?
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STOCKS ROUTED
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Bernanke Says Fed Prepared to Ease Further if Needed
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Testimony by Bernanke on Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress
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Gold Taps New High
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Stocks Fail to Hold Gains Despite Possibility of Further Fed Easing
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Stocks, Gold Jump as Latest FOMC Minutes Hint at QE3
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Gold Surges On FOMC Minutes; Up $23
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FOMC Minutes from June 21-22 Meeting: Officials Mixed on More Stimulus
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From Fed Minutes: FOMC agrees on sequence of steps for existing monetary stimulus
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Top 10 News Items 6/20-6/24: Crude Oil Declines as IEA Releases Stock; FOMC Statement, Fed Cuts FY11, FY12 Growth, Employment Estimates; Issues in Greece Finally May Be Getting Straightened Out
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FOMC Cuts 2011, 2012 Growth, Employment, Inflation Estimates
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Fed Stands Pat But Addresses Slowing Growth
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FOMC Statement: Slower Pace of Recovery, Ending QE2 In June
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