Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

“The Chairman asked for input from the Committee on these issues, but no decisions regarding possible changes in the meeting schedule were made, and the Chairman indicated that any change in practice would not affect the schedule over the balance of 2026,”

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

The minutes described Chairman Warsh soliciting Committee input on the meeting schedule without a final decision being made.

“Many participants assessed that policy tightening would likely be necessary if inflation did not decline,”

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

This is from the summary of the FOMC's July 28-29 meeting minutes released Wednesday.

“helped maintain the orderly functioning of money markets in the face of this disruption.”

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

The minutes credited the Fed's ample reserves policy with maintaining orderly money markets during the settlement disruption.

“Some participants commented that financial conditions might not currently be sufficiently restrictive to facilitate a return of inflation to 2 percent.”

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

This is from the summary of the FOMC's July 28-29 meeting minutes released Wednesday.

“would allow more information to accumulate between meetings than under current practice and provide policymakers and the staff more time to consider strategic monetary policy issues,”

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

The minutes explained a rationale for potentially reducing the number of annual FOMC meetings.

“an intermeeting incident involving a disruption to transaction settlements.”

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

The board discussed a disruption to transaction settlements between meetings, according to the minutes.