Economic Data's Role in Upcoming FOMC Deliberations

In considering additional adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Committee will carefully assess incoming data, the ...

Economic Data's Role in Upcoming FOMC Deliberations | 07-30-24

As the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) prepares to unveil its latest decisions, our latest podcast episode dives deep into the economic ...

Fed meeting recap: Powell 'feeling good' about economy, says ...

Despite recent positive economic data and Wednesday's stock market rally, Fed Chair Powell said the central bank is pursuing interest rate cuts as monetary ...

Powell says no need for Fed to rush rate cuts given strong economy

Fed officials and investors are taking stock of how continued U.S. economic strength and the uncertainty around the economic agenda of President ...

Monetary Policy Report, July 5, 2024 - Federal Reserve Board

Monetary policy plays an important role in stabilizing the economy ... In addition to considering a wide range of economic and financial data, the ...

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC): What It Is and Does

During the meeting, members discuss developments in the local and global financial markets, as well as economic and financial forecasts. All participants—the ...

New U.S. economy data before next Fed interest rate decision

The Federal Reserve will soon announce its next interest rate move as new data trickles in about the U.S. economy.

Speech by Governor Waller on the economic outlook

In the three weeks or so since the most recent FOMC meeting, data we have received has been uneven, as it sometimes has been over the past year.

The Fed's New Monetary Policy Tools

The Federal Reserve (the Fed) and its monetary policy tools have a significant presence in economics standards, textbooks, and curricula.

The Economics of the Fed Put - European Central Bank

The left graph in Figure 1 displays changes in the federal funds target as a function of past excess stock returns. Using data for 1994–2008, we plot the ...

Fed FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions about the Federal Reserve

FRED Economic Data · Our Economists · Our Research Associates · Careers in Research. Local ... function, and providing insights to help inform FOMC deliberations.

The Economics of the Fed Put

... next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ... To assess the relative importance of those different measures of financial conditions in Fed's deliberations ...

Fed unveils oversized rate cut as it gains 'greater confidence' about ...

Economic growth is projected to be 2.1% through 2024 and 2% next ... Access unmatched financial data, news and content in a highly ...

What Happens Inside the Fed Meetings Where Decisions on US ...

The FOMC, through its monetary policy decisions, plays a central role in either promoting economic growth via low interest rates, which can ...

November Fed meeting preview: The Fed eyes another rate cut as ...

Powell has said Fed officials will have to decide what to do with interest rates as the data — and economic picture — evolves. “Looking forward, ...

A History of FOMC Policy Communication

... economic data and a very general economic commentary ... Committee and had also spent three years as a financial analyst at the New York Fed, provided.

What Does the Fed Know, and When Does it Know It? | Richmond Fed

Proposition 2: Absence of a systematic Fed processing advantage. Analysts must process the flow of raw data to develop useful ideas as to what new data might ...

September 18, 2024: FOMC Projections materials, accessible version

The economic projections provided by the members of the Board of Governors and the presidents of the Federal Reserve Banks inform discussions of ...

The Evolution of the FOMC's Explicit Inflation Target

In this Economic Letter, we summarize FOMC meeting deliberations leading up to the 2012 explicit target announcement, as examined in our ...

The Fed Explained - Monetary Policy - Federal Reserve Board

FOMC policymakers rely on a broad range of information in their assessments and deliberations. They analyze the most up-to-date economic data and review ...