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 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)
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) March 118 straddle priced for 1.1% movement into FOMC policy meeting decision
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) March 118 straddle priced for 1.1% movement into FOMC decision
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Fed's Yellen: March Hike Appropriate if Economy Evolves as Expected (Full Text)
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FOMC Minutes: Many Fed Officials Saw Hike 'Fairly Soon'
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UPDATE: Yellen repeats waiting too long to tighten 'would be unwise'
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Goldman Sachs Sees 3 Rate Hikes In 2017 Tied To "Over-Heating" Of US Economy Driven By Fiscal Stimulus
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FOMC Maintains Rates
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) weekly volatility elevated into release of FOMC December minutes
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FOMC Raises Target Fed Funds Rate by 1/4% (Full Statement)
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Fed speakers have focused too much on rate increases: Powell
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FOMC Minutes: Most Fed Officials Saw Rate Hike as Appropriate 'Relatively Soon' (Full Minutes)
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Yellen: Rate Hike Could Be Appropriate 'Relatively Soon'
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Fed Keeps Current Rates; Says Case for Hike has Continued to Strengthen
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FOMC Full Statement
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) volatility elevated FOMC meeting decision
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U.S. rates futures dip before Fed meeting
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UPDATE: Fed Fisher: expansionary fiscal policy could lift natural rate
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Janet Yellen Speech: Macroeconomic Research After the Crisis
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Several FOMC Members Saw Rate Rise 'Relatively Soon'
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Fed would have less policy leeway in face of recession: Dudley
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Fed keeps rates unchanged as three officials dissent for hike
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FOMC Maintains Interest Rates (Full Statement)
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) call put ratio 1 call to 5 puts into FOMC rate decision
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) weekly volatility elevated into FOMC meeting
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Lively debate and 'hawkish hold' seen from Fed
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Fed Governor Lael Brainard Urged Continued Prudence in Removing Accommodation
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UPDATE: Fed's Lacker Says Fed Funds Rate Too Low, Citing Benchmarks
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Janet Yellen Jackson Hole Speech; Rate Hike Case has Strengthened
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Fed Officials Split in July on Whether Rate Hike Needed Soon - Minutes
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FOMC Minutes: Almost All Officials Saw May Payrolls Raising Uncertainty
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Janet Yellen: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
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FOMC Leaves Rates Unchanged (Full Statement)
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FOMC Leaves Rates Unchanged
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) volatility elevated into FOMC policy decision and Brexit vote
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Janet Yellen Speech: Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy (Full Text)
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Next week to provide clues about Fed's, ECB's next steps
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Most Fed Officials Saw June Hike 'Likely' if Economy Warranted - FOMC Minutes
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Forget 'sell in May,' just buy on FOMC days: James Saft
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Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged; Removes Reference to Global Events Posing Risks to Outlook
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FOMC Full Statement: Removes Reference to Global Event Risks
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Fed to hold rates in April but raise again in June: Reuters poll
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Fitch Affirms U.S. 'AAA' Rating; Outlook Stable
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FOMC Minutes March 15-16: Members Mixed on April Rate Hike
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Fed's Evans says market more pessimistic on U.S. rate hikes
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Fed's Lockhart said rate hike justified as early as April FOMC meeting - Bloomberg
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FOMC Maintains Rates; Median Forecast Implies Two 2016 Hikes Versus Four
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Fed to raise rates by mid-year, again before year-end: Reuters poll

