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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Yellen Says Rate Hike at Some Point This Year 'Appropriate'
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Many Fed Officials saw June Rate Rise as Unlikely - FOMC Minutes
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FOMC Statement: Winter Slowdown Partly Reflects 'Transitory Factors'
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FOMC sees moderate growth even after Q1 slowdown, reflects 'transitory factors'
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Fed Officials Favoring Liftoff Later in 2015 Cited Dollar, Oil
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Fed's Lacker Sees 'Strong' Case for June 'Liftoff'
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U.S. Fed Could Improve Wording Used to Provide Forward Guidance - Fed's Mester
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Fed Drops 'Patient' Stance on Interest Rate; Rate raise 'remains unlikely' at April FOMC meeting
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Fed Drops 'Patient' on Rates
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All Eyes on Yellen, But No Strong Signal Expected
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Many Fed Officials Inclined to Stay at Zero Longer; Dropping 'Patient' May Lead to Date Focus - FOMC Minutes
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UPDATE: Fed Expects Inflation to Rise Gradually Toward 2%; Can be Paient in Raising Rates - Minutes
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Fed Officials saw Rate Rise Unlikely Before April - FOMC Minutes
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Fed's Mester Sees Interest Rates Rising 'in First Half' of 2015 - FBN
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UPDATE: FOMC Says it Can be 'Patient' in Approach to Raising Rates
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Fed's Dudley: Drop in Energy Prices Positive for U.S. Economy
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UPDATE: Fed Officials Saw Need to Watch for Inflation Expectations to Drop - FOMC Minutes
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Fed Ends Third Round of QE as Planned; Sees 'Solid Job Gains' with Lower Unemployment
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Fed Officials Saw Global Slowdown Among Risks to U.S. Outlook
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Fed's Dudley Sees Mid-2015 Rate Hike as 'Reasonable'
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Hold on Tight... Fed Day Could Bring a Number of Changes
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Investors Could Be Lowballing Risk of FOMC Hawkishness, Says Citi
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Fed's Yellen says FOMC sees 'significant' under-use of labor resources
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Many Fed Officials Said Job Gains Might Bring Rate Rise Sooner; Labor Market Still Far from Normal
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FOMC tapers bond buying program to $25B/month pace
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Some Fed Officials Saw Investors as Too Complacent on Risk - FOMC Minutes
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Fed Says Highly Accommodative Policy 'Remains Appropriate'; Tapers Bond Buying by $10B/Month
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Fed saw No Inflation Risk in Fueling Job Growth, Minutes Show
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FOMC Minutes Show 'Dovish Slant'
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Stocks Fall on Fed's Hawkish Tone
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Fed Expected to Overhaul Language and End Numerical Thresholds - Deutsche Bank (SPY)
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Nov. Jobs Report Set to Take Center Stage as Fed-Taper Drama Unfolds (GLD) (UUP) (SPY)
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Markets Dip Lower as Fed Maintains Course
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Markets Tick Higher as Fed Plans to Continue Purchases
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 09/13: (SPY) (XLP) Higher; (XHB) (KRE) Lower
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Is the Fed Holding Its Powder Dry or Hiding the Fact that it is Running Out?
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Markets Get Whipsawed as Bernanke Speaks
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Stocks Rally as Markets Await Fed Decision; Soft Commodities, Homebuilders Shoot Higher
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 11/02: (FXI) (XLF) (SPY) Higher; (UUP) (VXX) Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 08/09: (XLF) (SPY) (XLK) Higher; (VXX) (SLV) (ITB) Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 06/21: (XOP) (XME) (SPY) Higher; (VXX) (UUP) (SGG) Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 04/26: (XLI) (SPY) (XLK) Higher; (VXX) (GLD) (UUP) Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 01/05: UUP, SPY, USO Higher; GLD, UNG, VXX Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 12/14: TAN, KRE, SPY Higher; UNG, XRT, VXX Lower
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 08/10: VXX, UUP Higher; SMH, GLD, SPY Lower

