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 Raises Federal Funds Rate 25 bps (Full Statement)
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S&P Dep Receipts (SPY) call put ratio 1 to 1.57 into FOMC decision and 2018-2019 projections
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Most Fed Officials Saw Next Rate Hike Likely Appropriate Soon - Fed Minutes
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Traders expect U.S. rate hike in June, shrug off weak payrolls data
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The Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged
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UPDATE: Fed Sees Significant Fiscal-Policy Growth Boost Next Few Years - FOMC Minutes
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UPDATE: Powell said further gradual rate hikes best to promote fed goals
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Fed's Bullard repeats view that interest rate is close to 'neutral'
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Federal Open Market Committee Raises Rates to 1.50%-1.75%
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Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress - Chairman Jerome H. Powell
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Dow Gives Up Gains Following FOMC Minutes, Trades Flat
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Some Fed Officials Saw Appreciable Risk Inflation to Lag Target - FOMC Minutes
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S&P 500 Trades Back to Flat, Choppy Action Continues Post-FOMC
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S&P Dep Receipts (SPY) out of the money puts bid up after FOMC statement, put volume increases
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S&P Dep Receipts (SPY) out of the money puts 5 points more expensive than calls after FOMC statement
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S&P 500 Dips Into Negative Territory Following FOMC Rate Decision, Statement
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In Yellen's Final Meeting, Fed Maintains Rates
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U.S.-based equity funds attract $12 billion of new cash in latest week: Lipper
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Most Fed Officials Backed Continued Gradual Rate Hikes - FOMC Minutes
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Fed raises the federal funds rate 25 bps to 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 percent (Full Statement)
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Fed's Bullard: 'Material risk' of yield curve inversion late next year
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UPDATE: FOMC Minutes: many policy makers saw near term rate hike as warranted
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Yellen to Step Down from Fed Once Powell Sworn in as Chairman
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FOMC Leaves Rates Unchanged at 1% to 1.25%, Economic Activity Rising at Solid Rate
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Many Fed Officials Saw Another Rate Hike Warranted This Year - FOMC Minutes
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S&P 500, Nasdaq Continue to Weaken Following FOMC
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S&P 500, Nasdaq Trade at Lows Following FOMC Rate Decision
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Fed maintains FOMC rate; to start reducing balance sheet in October (Full Statement)
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Yellen Says Any Changes to Financial Regulations Should be Modest
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Nasdaq, S&P 500 Pare Gains Following FOMC Minutes
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Most Fed Officials Back Balance Sheet Move at Upcoming Meeting - FOMC Minutes
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Fed's Bullard said Fed doesn't need to be preemptive amid weak inflation
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Chatter Fed May Phase Out Treasury and MBS Reinvestments Starting October 1st
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Fed's Bullard opposes more U.S. rate hikes: Market News International
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Booming stocks and credit, falling U.S. dollar seen giving Fed cover to hike
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Stocks React as JPMorgan's Kolanovic Warns of Dual Threat: Extreme Low Volatility and Balance Sheet Reduction
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Fed Maintains Rates, Sees Balance Sheet Normalization 'Relatively Soon' (Full Statement)
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Yellen Says Inflation Response to Economy is Key Uncertainty
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FOMC Minutes: Officials divided over when to start balance-sheet runoff (Full Minutes)
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Fed's Bullard said FOMC can 'wait and see' how the economy develops - Bloomberg
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Fed Raised Rate 1/4, Lays Out Plan for Balance Sheet Unwind
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Major Indexes Trade in Tight Range Ahead of Fed
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Dow Jones Average Tops 21,000
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UPDATE: Most Fed Officials Saw Tightening Likely Appropriate Soon
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S&P 500 Treads Water Ahead of FOMC Meeting Minutes
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Fed should keep raising interest rates, Mester says
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S&P 500 Reverses and Heads Lower Following FOMC; Stocks Initially Spiked
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FOMC Maintains Rates (Full Statement)
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UPDATE: FOMC Minutes March 14 - 15 Meeting: Some views stock prices as 'quite high', most saw reinvestment shift later this year
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Fed Raises Fed Funds Rate to 3/4-1% (Full Statement)
