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The 2024 meeting schedule for the FOMC began on January 30, concluding the year with its final rate-setting session in December: January 30–January 31, 2024. Post-meeting statement released ...
2016 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Eccles Building, Washington, D.C. By law, the FOMC must meet at least four times each year in Washington, D.C. Since 1981, eight regularly scheduled meetings have been held each year at intervals of five to eight weeks.
The stock market rally has stalled as the final Federal Reserve meeting of the year approaches. In the past week, the Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) was the only of the three major indexes to post a ...
The 2016 meeting focused on the effects of central bank balance sheets on financial stability. [3] The 2018 meeting focused on the effect of tech giants on the economy. [3] At the 2020 meeting, Fed chairman Jerome Powell announced a new policy for raising interest rates that was not simply based on joblessness or inflation expectations. [2]
Previously, the minutes were released only after the next meeting had already finished, rendering them only of historical interest; this was changed to be released three weeks after the date of a policy decision. The minutes thus became available for predicting the FOMC's action in the next meeting. Official statement: November 10, 2004 2.00% 3.00%
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.
The FOMC typically meets about every six weeks, culminating in about eight meetings a year. Broader economic events could, however, prompt the Fed to meet outside of its original schedule.
The IMM dates are the four quarterly dates of each year which certain money market and Foreign Exchange futures contracts and option contracts use as their scheduled maturity date or termination date. The dates are the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December (i.e., between the 15th and 21st, whichever such day is a Wednesday).