Meredith Black, Interim President, Dallas.FOMC Rules and Authorizations are also available online. At these meetings, the Committee reviews 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.įor more detail on the FOMC and monetary policy, see section 2 of the brochure on the structure of the Federal Reserve System and chapter 2 of Purposes & Functions of the Federal Reserve System. The FOMC holds eight regularly scheduled meetings per year. Nonvoting Reserve Bank presidents attend the meetings of the Committee, participate in the discussions, and contribute to the Committee's assessment of the economy and policy options. Louis, and Dallas and Minneapolis, Kansas City, and San Francisco. The rotating seats are filled from the following four groups of Banks, one Bank president from each group: Boston, Philadelphia, and Richmond Cleveland and Chicago Atlanta, St. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) consists of twelve members-the 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 federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions lend balances at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions overnight.Ĭhanges in the federal funds rate trigger a chain of events that affect other short-term interest rates, foreign exchange rates, long-term interest rates, the amount of money and credit, and, ultimately, a range of economic variables, including employment, output, and prices of goods and services. Using the three tools, the Federal Reserve influences the demand for, and supply of, balances that depository institutions hold at Federal Reserve Banks and in this way alters the federal funds rate. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is responsible for the discount rate and reserve requirements, and the Federal Open Market Committee is responsible for open market operations. The Federal Reserve controls the three tools of monetary policy- open market operations, the discount rate, and reserve requirements. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 gave the Federal Reserve responsibility for setting monetary policy. The term 'monetary policy' refers to the actions undertaken by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve, to influence the availability and cost of money and credit to help promote national economic goals. Guide to the Summary of Economic Projections Factors Affecting Reserve Balances - H.4.1.Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17.Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking.

Household Debt Service and Financial Obligations Ratios.Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1.Statistics Reported by Banks and Other Financial Firms in the.Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing.New Security Issues, State and Local Governments.Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending.Charge-Off and Delinquency Rates on Loans and Leases at.Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the U.S.Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the.Payments System Policy Advisory Committee.International Standards for Financial Market.Supervision & Oversight of Financial Market.Sponsorship for Priority Telecommunication Servicesįinancial Market Utilities & Infrastructures.Federal Reserve's Key Policies for the Provision of Financial.Regulation HH (Financial Market Utilities).Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing).Regulation CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of.Securities Underwriting & Dealing Subsidiaries.Enforcement Actions & Legal Developments.Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)īanking Applications & Legal Developments.Federal Reserve Supervision and Regulation Report.Community & Regional Financial Institutions.

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