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  2. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    The FOMC left rates unchanged the day after the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Official Statement: August 5, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 10–1 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2 percent. Official statement: April 30, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 8–2 The FOMC cut rates by 25 basis points.

  3. Federal Open Market Committee - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Open Market Committee was formed by the Banking Act of 1933 (codified at 12 U.S.C. § 263) and did not include voting rights for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The Banking Act of 1935 revised these protocols to include the Board of Governors and to closely resemble the present-day FOMC and was amended in 1942 to give the ...

  4. What is the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)? Meet the ...

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    Broader economic events could, however, prompt the Fed to meet outside of its original schedule. That was the case during the financial crisis of 2008, as well as the coronavirus crisis in March 2020.

  5. Fed Meeting Live Updates: Powell discusses latest rate cut ...

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    The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)’s move brings the Fed’s new key target range to 4.5-4.75 percent, back to levels last seen in the spring of 2023. This decision was an easy one.

  6. Chair of the Federal Reserve - Wikipedia

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    By custom, one of the chairman's most important duties is to serve as the chair of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which is critical in setting short-term U.S. monetary policy. However, the chair of the FOMC is elected at the first meeting of each year, and while the chair of the Board of Governors has always been chosen there is no ...

  7. Preview of the June Fed meeting: 3 key themes to watch ... - AOL

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    At their next gathering in June, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected to leave borrowing costs at a 23-year high of 5.25-5.5 percent, where their key benchmark rate has held since ...

  8. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    In the latter half of 2022, the FOMC had hiked the FFR by 0.75 percentage points on 4 different consecutive occasions, and in its final meeting of 2022, hiked the FFR a further 0.5 percentage points. The FFR sat around 4.4% in 2022, and at the time the Fed foreshadowed that the rate would not be lowered until 2024 at the earliest. [16] [17]

  9. Fed’s interest rate history: The federal funds rate from 1981 ...

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    In the span of just about a year and a half, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lifted interest rates 11 times, bringing its key federal funds rate to a target range of 5.25-5.5 percent ...