1980

1980 Memos
January 21

Proposed Changes in Present Lagged Reserve Accounting Procedure (PDF)

  • Possible Changes in Present Lagged Reserve Accounting System
  • Lagged Reserve Accounting

January 30

Meeting Schedule (PDF)

February 1

Donald W. Riegle, Jr. v. The Federal Open Market Committee, et al. (PDF)

April 11

Chairman Volcker approved the suspension of the daily limit in the System's position in a single foreign currency (PDF)

April 15

Notation Vote to Increase Intermeeting Reserves Limit (PDF)

April 17

Various Reserve Proposals (PDF)

  • An Analysis of Reserve Requirement Proposal
  • Proposed Changes in Present Lagged Reserve Accounting Procedure
  • Possible Changes in Present Lagged Reserve Accounting System

May 14

Additional memorandum for discussion of reserve proposals (PDF)

  • Reserve Proposals

May 19

Memorandum on the Swedish Riksbank's request for an increase in the swap line (PDF)

  • Request for Increase in Swap Arrangment by Swedish Riksbank
  • Sweden's Economic Position

May 27

Foreign Currency Subcommittee increased the daily limit in the System's position in a single foreign currency (PDF)

May 28

Foreign Currency Subcommittee suspended the daily limit in the System's position in a single foreign currency (PDF)

May 29

Report on Meetings of the OECD's Economic Policy Committee and Its Working Party Three, May 19-21, 1980 (PDF)

June 10

Foreign Currency Subcommittee raised intermeeting limit on change in overall open position in foreign currencies (PDF)

July 7

Mid-year Review of: (1) Confidence Intervals for Staff Forecasts and (2) Monetary Policy Consistency with Humphrey-Hawkins Targets (PDF)

July 7

Reserve Bank Economic Forecasts for Humphrey-Hawkins Report (PDF)

July 24

Comparison of High Employment Budget Estimates (PDF)

August 19

The Behavior of Real Interest Rates in the Postwar U.S. Economy (PDF)

August 21

Proposed FOMC Meeting Schedule for 1981 (PDF)

September 17

Tentative FOMC Meeting Schedule for 1981 (PDF)

October 14

Background Material on Proposed Changes in Terms on Federal Reserve Swap Drawings (PDF)

December 3

Release of FOMC memoranda of discussion for 1975 (PDF)

  • Passages recommended for deletion when FOMC memoranda of discussion for 1975 are initially released

December 12

Background Material on System Foreign Currency Operations (PDF)

  • Foreign Currency Directive
  • Article IV: Obligations Regarding Exchange Arrangements
  • U.S. Holdings of Foreign Currency Balances
  • Updated Table 1 for December 12, 1980, memo

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