The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is responsible for conducting open market operations, one of the Federal Reserve system’s key tools of monetary policy. The FOMC meets eight times per year to review economic and financial conditions and determine actions to take with regard to monetary policy.
More Information on the FOMC is available here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
More information on Open Market Operations is available here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The most recent meeting of the FOMC was conducted on June 14-15. You may access the press release here: Links to an external site. https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/monetary20230614a1.pdfLinks to an external site.
Please read the press release from the meeting and answer the following questions.
- What are the goals of the FOMC that are stated in the press release?
- What is the target range for the federal funds rate? In July, did the FOMC take any action to modify this target range?
- What did the FOMC decide to do with regards to purchasing Treasury securities and asset-backed securities? Is this decision and example of expansionary or contractionary monetary policy?
- How has the FOMC’s view of the economy and monetary policy actions changed since last July? The July 2021 FOMC meeting press release is available here: Federal Reserve Press Release July 2021Links to an external site
- **Press release form: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/monetary20210728a1.pdf