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.
View Older Stories View More Recent Stories
-
Top 10 News for 7/28 - 8/1: FOMC Tapers Further, Rates Still Intact; Jobs Growth Elusive in July; Argentina Defaults. Again.
-
Stocks Sink on Argentine Default and Rate Hike Worries
-
Market Wrap: FOMC Tapers Further; Q2 GDP Outpaces Expectations; U.S. Job Growth Lags in July
-
FOMC Cuts Bond Buying Plan to $25B; Sees Significant Underutilization of Labor Resources
-
FOMC tapers bond buying program to $25B/month pace
-
Stocks Hold Steady Ahead of FOMC Statement
-
Trading Radar for 07/30: SodaStream (SODA), MetLife (MET), Humana (HUM), Western Digital (WDC), Lorillard (LO), Kraft (KRFT) Report
-
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Rise Slightly; Current Rate is 4.04%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate Ticker
-
Chair Janet L. Yellen Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
-
Top 10 News for 7/7 - 7/11: Strong Start to Q2 Earnings Season; Cynk Seems Out of Sync; Fed to Stem Easing
-
Market Wrap: Citi Nears MBS Settlement; PC Sales Stem Drop in Q2; FOMC Minutes
-
Some Fed Officials Saw Investors as Too Complacent on Risk - FOMC Minutes
-
Gold Moves Higher Ahead of FOMC Minutes (GLD) (IAU)
-
Market Wrap: Alcoa Shines in Q2; Dow Drops Back Below 17K; AbbVie Sweetens Shire Bid
-
Trading Radar for 07/09: WD-40 (WDFC), CHC Group (HELI), Helen of Troy (HELE) Report
-
2 Overnight Headlines and 9 Items for the Day Ahead
-
Top 10 News for 6/16 - 6/20: Medtronic's Big Deal; FOMC Tapers, Gold Responds; BlackBerry Stumps the Street
-
Market Wrap: S&P Hits Record Close; FOMC Adds to Taper; Amazon's New 'Fiery' Phone
-
Fed Cuts Monthly Bond By $10 Billion to $35 Billion
-
Fed Says Highly Accommodative Policy 'Remains Appropriate'; Tapers Bond Buying by $10B/Month
-
FOMC Decision Takes Center Stage
-
3 Overnight Headlines and 3 Items for the Day
-
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates, Application Activity Stable; Current Rate is 4.06%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate Ticker
-
Trading Radar for 06/18: FedEx (FDX), Red Hat (RHT), Actuant (ATU), Jabil (JBL) Report
-
Top 10 News for 6/9 - 6/13: Fed, Iraq Rattle Markets; Free Tesla Patents; Icahn Values Family Dollar
-
Stocks Weaker as Wall of Worry Grows
-
Stocks Lower on Speculation of Early End to QE
-
Overnight Headlines and Seven Items for the Day Ahead
-
Market Wrap: Cyberattack Hits eBay; Vivendi to Sell Sizable Activision Stake; Activist Says Life Time 'Undervalued'
-
Fed saw No Inflation Risk in Fueling Job Growth, Minutes Show
-
Watch These Three Items for the Day Ahead
-
Trading Radar for 05/21: Target (TGT), Lowe's (LOW), NetApp (NTAP), Tiffany (TIF) Report
-
Events to Watch Today that Could Impact Markets
-
Chair Janet L. Yellen's Statement Before the Joint Economic Committee
-
Top 10 News for 04/28 - 05/02: Ford's New Visionary; GE Makes Major Bid; Fed Trims Bond-Buying Efforts
-
Market Wrap: GDP Growth Absent in Q1; FOMC Cuts Bond Purchases; Sprint Eyes T-Mobile Deal
-
Fed Tapers Bond Buying by $10B/Month; Says Economy Picked Up
-
Stocks Mildly Higher Ahead of FOMC Statement; No Surprises Expected
-
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Declines, Reversing Previous Week's Gains; Current Rate is 4.16%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate Ticker
-
Speech by Chair Yellen on Monetary Policy and the Economic Recovery
-
Fed Committed to Accommodative Policy - Yellen
-
Market Wrap: Rates Going Nowhere Fast, Fed Says; Sweet Deal for Mars, Inc.; New Hit Film: 'Toyota' Recall
-
FOMC Minutes Show 'Dovish Slant'
-
Several Fed Officials Said Forecasts Overstated Rate Rise Pace
-
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Fall for Second Week in a Row; Current Rate is 4.20%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate Ticker
-
Trading Radar for 04/09: Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Ruby Tuesday (RT), Sigma Designs (SIGM), Tech Data (TECD) Report
-
Fed Chair Janet L. Yellen's Speech in Chicago
-
Top 10 News for 03/17 - 03/21: Putin Takes Crimea; Alibaba's IPO Aspirations; Hawkish Fed Riles Markets
-
Market Wrap: FedEx Delivers Q3 Miss; Hawkish Fed Pressures Markets; Pandora's Price Hike
-
Stocks Fall on Fed's Hawkish Tone

