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 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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CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) down 0.74 to 18.12, FOMC leaves Federal Funds Rate unchanged at 0.25%
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FOMC Statement: Slower Pace of Recovery, Ending QE2 In June
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Gold Continues Surge, Now up $12
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Market in Limbo Ahead of Possible Fed Flip-Flop
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Trading Radar for 06/22: FedEx (FDX), Red Hat (RHT), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), CarMax (KMX) Report
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 06/21: (XOP) (XME) (SPY) Higher; (VXX) (UUP) (SGG) Lower
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Fed's Beige Book from Jun. 8: Economy Slowed in Some Areas
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Ben Bernanke: Accommodative Policies Still Needed
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Lockhart Wants the Fed To Have an Explicit Inflation Target
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Market Tunes Into Fed Speak
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Top 10 News Items 5/16-5/20: LinkedIn IPO Wows the Street; Barnes & Noble Receives $17/Share Offer from Malone's Liberty; HP Shares Tumble Amid Warning
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Fed Focuses on Its Exit
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Stocks Move to New Session Highs Following FOMC Minutes: Dow Up 75, Nasdaq Up 31, S&P 500 Up 11
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FOMC Minutes from April 26-27, 2011 Meeting
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From minutes of latest FOMC meeting: Fed majority favors raising rates before selling assets
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Trading Radar for 05/18: Target (TGT), Staples (SPLS), Deere & Co. (DE), Limited Brands (LTD), SodaStream (SODA) Report
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FBR Capital Reiterates an 'Outperform' on Annaly Capital Management (NLY); A Return to Spread Expansion
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Top 10 News Items 4/25-4/29: Bernanke Conducts First-Ever FOMC Press Briefing, Signals QE3 May Not Happen; Gold, Silver Continue to Charge Higher; Q1 US GDP Worse-Than-Expected
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Bernanke Holds First-Ever Press Briefing; Suggests QE3 May Not Be in the Cards
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Q&A From Bernanke Press Conference
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FOMC Press Briefing Live Stream
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Gold and Other Commodities Surge, Gold Up $20
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 04/27: (VXX) (XRT) (UUP) Higher; (FXI) (XLE) (EWY) Lower
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FOMC: No Change In Interest Rates, Notes Inflation Has Picked Up
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CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) up 0.31 to 15.93, S&P 500 down 0.07% into FOMC policy decision
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Gold and Silver Higher Ahead of FOMC
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All Eyes On Bernanke
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FBR Capital Reiterates an 'Outperform Cypress Sharpridge (CYS); Another Quarter, Another Dividend Coverage
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Ben Bernanke is Taking Your Questions Next Week
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Fed's Beige Book from Apr. 13
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FOMC Minutes from March 15 Meeting
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FOMC Minutes: Fed officials divided over tighter policy in 2011; 'almost all' officials saw no need to taper QE2 buying
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Reminder: FOMC Minutes Due Out at 2pm ET
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Fed Announces 2012 Meeting Schedule for FOMC
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Plosser on His Fed "Exit" Plan

