Federal Open Market Committee

Meeting calendars, statements, and minutes (2007-2012)

The FOMC holds eight regularly scheduled meetings during the year and other meetings as needed. Links to policy statements and minutes are in the calendars below. The minutes of regularly scheduled meetings are released three weeks after the date of the policy decision.

FOIA
The FOMC makes an annual report pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The FOMC FOIA Service Center provides information about the status of FOIA requests and the FOIA process.

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2012 FOMC Meetings
January	24-25	Statement	Press Conference Projections Materials PDF | HTML
			Longer-Run Goals and Policy Strategy
March	13
April	24-25
June	19-20
July	31
September	12
October	23-24
December	11

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2011 FOMC Meetings
January	25-26	Statement		Minutes: 378 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Feb 16, 2011)
March	15	Statement		Minutes: 255 KB PDF |  HTML (Released April 5, 2011)
April	26-27	Statement	Press Conference Projections Materials (65 KB PDF)	Minutes: 441 KB PDF |  HTML (Released May 18, 2011)
June	21-22	Statement	Press Conference Projections Materials (80 KB PDF)	Minutes: 357 KB PDF |  HTML (Released July 12, 2011)
August	1 (unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of August 9 meeting
August	9	Statement		Minutes: 256 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Aug 30, 2011)
September	20-21	Statement		Minutes: 267 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Oct 12, 2011)
November	1-2	Statement	Press Conference Projections Materials (86 KB PDF)	Minutes: 354 KB PDF |  HTML (Released November 22, 2011)
November	28 (unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of December 13 meeting
December	13	Statement		Minutes: 267 KB PDF |  HTML (Released January 3, 2012)

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2010 FOMC Meetings
January	26-27	Statement	Minutes: 253 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Feb 17, 2010)
March	16	Statement	Minutes: 254 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Apr 6, 2010)
April	27-28	Statement	Minutes: 318 KB PDF |  HTML (Released May 19, 2010)
May	9 (unscheduled)	Statement Statement	Minutes: See end of minutes of June 22/23 meeting
June	22-23	Statement	Minutes: 338 KB PDF |  HTML (Released July 14, 2010)
August	10	Statement	Minutes: 256 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Aug 31, 2010)
September	21	Statement	Minutes: 276 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Oct 12, 2010)
October	15 (unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of November 2/3 meeting
November	2-3	Statement	Minutes: 340 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Nov 23, 2010)
December	14	Statement	Minutes: 256 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Jan 4, 2011)

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2009 FOMC Meetings
January	16 (Unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of January 27/28 meeting
January	27-28	Statement	Minutes: 493 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Feb 18, 2009)
February	7 (Unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of March 17/18 meeting
March	17-18	Statement	Minutes: 265 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Apr 8, 2009)
April	28-29	Statement	Minutes: 344 KB PDF |  HTML (Released May 20, 2009)
June	3 (Unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of June 23/24 meeting
June	23-24	Statement	Minutes: 347 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Jul 15, 2009)
August	11-12	Statement	Minutes: 260 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Sep 2, 2009)
September	22-23	Statement	Minutes: 263 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Oct 14, 2009)
November	3-4	Statement	Minutes: 337 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Nov 24, 2009)
December	15-16	Statement	Minutes: 318 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Jan 6, 2010)

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2008 FOMC Meetings
January	9 (Unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of January 29/30 meeting
January	21 (Unscheduled)	Statement	Minutes: See end of minutes of January 29/30 meeting
January	29-30	Statement	Minutes: 364 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Feb 20, 2008)
March	10 (Unscheduled)	Statement	Minutes: See end of minutes of March 18 meeting
March	18	Statement	Minutes: 256 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Apr 8, 2008)
April	29-30	Statement	Minutes: 338 KB PDF |  HTML (Released May 21, 2008)
June	24-25	Statement	Minutes: 310 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Jul 16, 2008)
July	24 (Unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of August 5 meeting
August	5	Statement	Minutes: 252 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Aug 26, 2008)
September	16	Statement	Minutes: 237 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Oct 7, 2008)
September	29 (Unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of October 28/29 meeting
October	7 (Unscheduled)	Statement	Minutes: See end of minutes of October 28/29 meeting
October	28-29	Statement	Minutes: 141 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Nov 19, 2008)
December	15-16	Statement	Minutes: 264 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Jan 6, 2009)

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2007 FOMC Meetings
January	30-31	Statement	Minutes (Released Feb 21, 2007)
March	20-21	Statement	Minutes (Released Apr 11, 2007)
May	9	Statement	Minutes (Released May 30, 2007)
June	27-28	Statement	Minutes (Released Jul 19, 2007)
August	7	Statement	Minutes (Released Aug 28, 2007)
August	10 (Unscheduled)	Statement	Minutes (Released Oct 9, 2007)
August	16 (Unscheduled)	Statement	Minutes (Released Oct 9, 2007)
September	18	Statement	Minutes (Released Oct 9, 2007)
October	30-31	Statement	Minutes: 320 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Nov 20, 2007)
December	6 (Unscheduled)		Minutes: See end of minutes of December 11 meeting
December	11	Statement	Minutes: 862 KB PDF |  HTML (Released Jan 2, 2008)

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Note: A two-day meeting is scheduled for January 29-30, 2013 (Tuesday-Wednesday). Each meeting date is tentative until confirmed at the meeting immediately preceding it.

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