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 23-24 Meeting
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FOMC Minutes: Unemployment May Top 10% This Year, Most Fed Officials Called the Economy 'Weak', 'Vulnerable'
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Trading Radar for 7/15: Abbott (ABT), AMR Corp. (AMR), WW Grainger (GWW), Polycom (PLCM), Texas Industries (TXI), Schawk (SGK) Report; CPI, Business Inventories, FOMC Minutes Due
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Top 10 News Items 6/22-6/26: Bernanke Gets Grilled in Washington; Fed Keeps Key Interest Rates Unchanged; 4 IPO's Launched This Week
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Fed Extends Liquidity Programs; Ends One, Trims Two
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FOMC Statements Side-by-Side Comparison
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FOMC Statement: Leaves Target Rates Unchanged
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Trading Radar for 6/24: Nike (NKE), Monsanto (MON), Rite Aid (RAD), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Red Hat (RHT), Paychex (PAYX) Report; FOMC Decision, Durable Orders Due
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David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 5/29
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FOMC Minutes from April 28-29 Meeting
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David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 5/6
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David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 4/30
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FOMC Statement for April 29; Fed Funds Rate Unchanged
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David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 4/29
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Trading Radar for 4/29: Visa (V), First Solar (FSLR), Time Warner (TWC), Burger King (BKC), Barrick (ABX), General Dynamics (GD), Navios (NM), Reynolds American (RAI) Report; GDP, FOMC Rate Decision D
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Fed's Beige Book 4/15
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Bernanke Speech At Morehouse College
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FOMC Minutes from March 17-18 Meeting
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Ben S. Bernanke Speech at Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 2009 Credit Markets Symposium
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Statement Regarding Purchases of Treasury Securities: Buying 2-to-10 Year Treasuries
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FOMC Maintains 0-0.25% Rate, To Purchase Additional $750B of Agency MBS, Up To $300B Longer-Term Treasuries
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Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on Current Economic/Financial Conditions and Federal Budget
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Bernanke's Testimony to Congress on Semiannual Monetary Policy Report
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Ben Bernanke Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
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FOMC Minutes: Fed officials saw recovery to be delayed and weak
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FOMC Minutes from Jan. 16 and Jan. 27-28
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Bernanke's Speech to the National Press Club
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Comments on Programs to Strengthen Credit Markets and the Economy
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Fed Extends Existing Liquidity Programs

