FOMC Meeting Schedule (Tentative) for 2012
Earlier today, The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released its tentative monetary policy meeting schedule for 2012. The FOMC doesn't always stick to the exact dates on the schedule (hence tentative), but they do always meet at least eight times per calendar year.
Why is this schedule important to you? Because it's at these monetary policy meetings that The FOMC votes on whether to raise, lower or make no changes to The Fed Funds Target Rate, and when the Fed Funds Target Rate changes, the U.S. Prime Rate (also known as the Fed, national or WSJ Prime Rate) will also change.
Here's the tentative schedule for 2012:
Why is this schedule important to you? Because it's at these monetary policy meetings that The FOMC votes on whether to raise, lower or make no changes to The Fed Funds Target Rate, and when the Fed Funds Target Rate changes, the U.S. Prime Rate (also known as the Fed, national or WSJ Prime Rate) will also change.
Here's the tentative schedule for 2012:
January 25, 2012
March 13, 2012
April 25, 2012
June 20, 2012
July 31, 2012
September 12, 2012
October 24, 2012
December 11, 2012
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posted by Steve Brown | 3/25/2011 08:01:00 PM
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