Minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's March 17-18 meeting revealed the board has awoken to an economic outlook that is worse than originally thought. Markets had been anticipating that the minutes would reveal a debate over the surprise decision to buy $300 billion in long-term Treasuries...
Markets will pore over the FOMC minutes from the March 17-18 meeting to take stock of the undoubtedly interesting debate that led to the surprise decision to buy $300 billion in long-term Treasuries. The unanimous vote came as a shock to many market participants, who felt the move was not warranted given...
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's historic Dec. 16 monetary policy committee meeting may reveal the reasons for its shift towards quantitative easing, the policy of flooding the financial system with liquidity. At its Dec. 16 rate decision, the Fed went beyond market expectations and cut the key...
The Federal Open Market Committee ( FOMC ) will release the minutes of its Oct. 29 meeting on Wednesday. The minutes could elaborate on the perceived dovish bias from the Fed, give some details from the intermeeting cut eight days before, and highlight any debate between members on whether cutting rates...
Minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's March 18 meeting revealed several members saw a risk of a "prolonged and severe" downturn and that there had been "little indication" of stabilization in the U.S. housing market. Officials had concerns that price expectations might loosen and had discussed...
When released Tuesday, the minutes from the FOMC's March 18 meeting are likely to be scrutinized for indications of the Fed's economic outlook at the time of its last 75 basis point cut, as well the degree of divergence amongst committee members, economists say. Economists say the minutes from the meeting...