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FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee)

The Federal Reserve committee that sets US interest rate policy.

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Definition

The FOMC meets eight times a year. After each meeting it publishes a decision and statement. Four times a year it also publishes projections, including the dot plot of policymakers' rate expectations.

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