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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Averaging through hurricane-related…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2017-11-01

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in domestic and foreign financial markets since the September FOMC meeting. Broad equity price…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System32 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate despite hurricane-related disruptions.…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2017-09-20

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in domestic and foreign financial markets over the period since the July FOMC meeting. Yields on…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System36 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising moderately so far this year. Job gains have remained solid…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2017-07-26

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in domestic and foreign financial markets over the period since the June FOMC meeting. The…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System31 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising moderately so far this year. Job gains have been solid, on…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2017-06-14

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in domestic and foreign financial markets over the period since the May FOMC meeting. Yields on…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System34 min read
Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising moderately so far this year. Job gains have moderated but…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC issues addendum to the Policy Normalization Principles and Plans

All participants agreed to augment the Committee's Policy Normalization Principles and Plans by providing the following additional details regarding the approach the FOMC intends to use to reduce the Federal Reserve's holdings of…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2017-05-03

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in domestic and foreign financial markets over the period since the March FOMC meeting. Yields on…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System36 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen even as growth in economic activity slowed. Job gains were solid, on average, in recent months, and…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2017-03-15

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in U.S. and global financial markets during the period since the Committee met on January 31 and…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System37 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in February indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace. Job gains remained solid and…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2017-02-01

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The SOMA manager reported on developments in U.S. and global financial markets during the period since the Committee met on December 13-14, 2016. Financial asset prices were…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System33 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace. Job gains remained solid and…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2016-12-14

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in U.S. and global financial markets during the period since the Committee met on November 1-2,…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System34 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace since mid-year. Job gains have…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2016-11-02

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in financial markets during the period since the Committee met on September 20-21, 2016,…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System35 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of this…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2016-09-21

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The manager reported on developments in financial markets during the period since the Committee met on July 26-27, 2016. Over much of the period, financial market volatility…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System35 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of this year.…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read
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FOMC meeting minutes: 2016-07-27

Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations The deputy manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in financial markets and open market operations during the period since the Committee met…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System40 min read
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the labor market strengthened and that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate rate. Job gains were strong in June following weak growth…

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System3 min read

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