January 08, 2014
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, December 17-18, 2013
For release at 2:00 p.m. EST
The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 17-18, 2013. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board's Annual Report. Summaries of economic projections are released on a quarterly schedule. The descriptions of economic and financial conditions contained in these minutes and in the Summary of Economic Projections are based solely on the information that was available to the Committee at the time of the meeting.
The FOMC minutes can be viewed on the Board's website at www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm
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Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee
December 17-18, 2013: HTML | PDF