73 FR 173 pgs. 51819-51820 - Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of August 5, 2008
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 173Pages: 51819 - 51820
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-20558 Field 9-4-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Reserve System
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of August 5, 2008
In accordance with § 271.25 of its rules regarding availability of information (12 CFR part 271), there is set forth below the domestic policy directive issued by the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting held on August 5, 2008.1
Footnotes:
1 Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 5, 2008, which includes the domestic policy directive issued at the meeting, are available upon request to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board's annual report.
The Federal Open Market Committee seeks monetary and financial conditions that will foster price stability and promote sustainable growth in output. To further its long-run objectives, the Committee in the immediate future seeks conditions in reserve markets consistent with maintaining the federal funds rate at an average of around 2 percent.
By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, August 26, 2008.
Brian F. Madigan,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
[FR Doc. E8-20558 Field 9-4-08; 8:45 am]
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