FOMC or Federal Open Market Committee is a governing body of the US Federal Reserve that is responsible for setting the fed funds rate — the country’s main interest rate. The posts below feature either reports on the monetary policy meetings and meeting minutes or the forecasts related to FOMC’s decisions.
2020
- EUR/USD Rises amid Slew of US Economic Reports
- EUR/USD Rallies as Counting of Votes in US Election Continues
- EUR/USD Rises as Market Sentiment Recovers
- EUR/USD Loses Gains, Dovish FOMC Announcement Doesn’t Help
- EUR/USD Sinks After Dovish FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Rises and Gets Some Support from US Fundamentals
- EUR/USD Fails to Rally, Accelerates Decline After NFP
- EUR/USD Climbs After FOMC Keeps Monetary Policy Accommodative
- EUR/USD Rises, Ignores FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Rallies on Dismal US GDP, FOMC Meeting
- EUR/USD Declines, Pays Little Attention to FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Opens Sharply Higher After FOMC Surprise Rate Cut
- EUR/USD Retreats After FOMC-Inspired Rally
- EUR/USD Flat After Bunch of Good US Economic Reports
- EUR/USD Rebounds After FOMC Keeps Rates Unchanged
- Mixed US Fundamentals Don’t Alter EUR/USD Course
2019
- EUR/USD Climbs After FOMC Signals About No Rate Changes in 2020
- EUR/USD Rises Intraday, Unable to Keep Gains
- EUR/USD Flat After Disappointing US Data, FOMC Rate Cut
- EUR/USD Rises as US-China Trade War Escalates, Trims Gains Later
- EUR/USD Drops After FOMC Slashes Rates, Doesn’t Promise More Cuts
- EUR/USD Volatile After FOMC Minutes, Decides to Go Lower
- EUR/USD Continues to Fall After FOMC Interest Rate Cut
- EUR/USD Jumps on Powell’s Testimony, FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Soars as FOMC Patient No More
- EUR/USD Fails to Keep Intraday Gains, Retreats Below Opening
- EUR/USD Loses Day’s Gains After Powell Cools Interest Rate Cut Bets
- Will the Fed Raise Rates in 2019?
- EUR/USD Settles Slightly Higher Despite ECB & FOMC
- EUR/USD Surges After Dovish FOMC
- EUR/USD Volatile After Torrent of Economic Releases
- EUR/USD Jumps After FOMC Dovish Statement
- EUR/USD Surges, Maintains Gains After Dovish FOMC Minutes
2018
- EUR/USD Moves Lower Following FOMC Announcement
- EUR/USD Dips, Extends Decline After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Volatile After FOMC Rate Hike, Decides to Go Down
- EUR/USD Extends Rally on US Politics, FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Drops, Pays Little Attention to FOMC Policy Announcement
- EUR/USD Gets Boost from Underwhelming US Employment
- EUR/USD Crashes Following FOMC Hike, Surges Afterwards
- EUR/USD Remains Subdued After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Volatile After FOMC Announcement
- EUR/USD Stays Above Opening After Hawkish FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Climbs After FOMC Keeps Dot Plot Unchanged
- Will FOMC Raise Interest Rate in March 2018?
- EUR/USD Rebounds Sharply After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Slides Before FOMC, Remains Almost Flat After Policy Announcement
- EUR/USD Slips as US Economic Data Supports Greenback
2017
- EUR/USD Jumps After FOMC, Core CPI Miss
- EUR/USD Rallies After Mixed Data, FOMC Minutes
- Will Jerome Powell Continue Yellen’s Policy or Start a Revolution?
- EUR/USD Volatile After Employment, Manufacturing Reports
- Will FOMC Raise Interest Rate in December 2017?
- EUR/USD Drifts Closer to Opening After Strong Start of Session
- EUR/USD Falls Before US Data, Soars on FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Jumps to Highest Since 2015 After FOMC
- EUR/USD Flat Despite Volatility Caused by FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Halts Rally After FOMC Interest Rate Hike
- EUR/USD Goes Higher After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Down After Fed & Set of Solid US Indicators
- EUR/USD Bounces After FOMC Releases Minutes of Policy Meeting
- EUR/USD Soars After Fed Hikes Interest Rate
- Will FOMC Raise Interest Rate in March 2017?
- EUR/USD Accelerates Bounce After FOMC Minutes
- USD Rises vs. EUR, Loses Part of Gains After FOMC
2016
- EUR/USD Tanks After Fed Raises Interest Rates
- EUR/USD Continues to Rise, FOMC Doesn’t Change Trend
- EUR/USD Bounces After Three Days of Losses
- EUR/USD Moves Higher After FOMC Stays Passive
- Will FOMC Raise Interest Rate in September 2016?
- EUR/USD Unable to Maintain Gains After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Shaken by FOMC Decision
- EUR/USD Bounces from Initial Decline
- FOMC Lowers Interest Rate Expectations, EUR/USD Jumps
- What to Expect from FOMC June 2016 Meeting?
- EUR/USD Breaks Down After FOMC Minutes
- Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, EUR/USD Up
- EUR/USD Remains Firm After Fed Minutes
- EUR/USD Soars After Fed Lowers Interest Rates Projections
- FOMC Minutes Don’t Prevent EUR/USD from Sliding
- A Hike, a Halt, or a Cut? FOMC March 2016 Meeting
- Dollar Falls Further vs. Euro as FOMC Assesses Balance of Risks
- Dollar Down vs. Euro as Fed Policy Minutes Look Dovish
2015
- EUR/USD Holds onto Gains After Fed Announcement
- What Will Fed Decide on December 16? Poll
- EUR/USD Jittery After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Crashes as FOMC Hints at December Hike
- EUR/USD Spikes as Fed Makes No Move
- EUR/USD Shoots to Upside After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Fails to Rally on FOMC Statement
- EUR/USD Bounces After Sell-Off
- Dollar Weakens After FOMC Policy Meeting
- EUR/USD Struggles to Keep Upward Momentum
- EUR/USD Rises After US GDP, Trims Gains After FOMC
- EUR/USD Breaks Below Opening After FOMC Minutes
- Euro Jumps After FOMC Drops ‘Patience’ from Statement
- EUR/USD Bounces After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Retains Weakness After FOMC
- Economic Data & FOMC Minutes Beneficial for Dollar
2014
- EUR/USD Jumps After FOMC, Resumes Decline Later
- False Rally of EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Loses Steam After FOMC
- EUR/USD Advances After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Sinks to New Lows After FOMC
- FOMC Minutes — Another Reason for Dollar to Rally
- EUR/USD Drops on GDP, Trims Losses After FOMC
- EUR/USD Jumps as FOMC Warns Against Being Too Optimistic
- EUR/USD Gains as FOMC Lowers Growth Forecast
- FOMC Provides No Surprises, EUR/USD Trims Losses
- EUR/USD Shoots to the Upside After FOMC
- EUR/USD Soars After FOMC Minutes Release
- EUR/USD Sinks as FOMC Reduces Asset Purchases
- FOMC Minutes Stop Rally of EUR/USD
- More Tapering from Fed, EUR/USD Little Bothered
- Dollar Strengthens on Positive Reports, Ignores Risk Appetite
2013
- EUR/USD Crashes After Tapering Announcement
- EUR/USD Sinks While Fed Considers End to Stimulus
- EUR/USD Slumps After FOMC Meeting
- EUR/USD Drops on FOMC Minutes
- Outcome of FOMC Meeting: No Tampering, EUR/USD Soars
- FOMC Minutes Boost US Dollar
- EUR/USD Rises as Fed Keeps Stimulus Intact
- EUR/USD Surges on Minutes Release
- EUR/USD Sinks After FOMC Meeting
- EUR/USD Fluctuates on Bernanke’s Comments
- EUR/USD Up After FOMC Meeting, Poor US Data
- EUR/USD Halts Rally After Five Sessions of Gains
- EUR/USD Spikes Up on FOMC Policy Meeting
- Dollar Jumps After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Maintains Gains
- EUR/USD Slumps as Fear Returns to FX Market
2012
- EUR/USD Surges as FOMC Expands Asset Purchases
- EUR/USD Gains Following Week of Losses as FOMC Talks About QE
- EUR/USD Remains Low After FOMC Statement
- Draghi Talks About Bond Buying, Sending EUR/USD to Upside
- EUR/USD Soars as Fed Initiates QE3
- QE3 Still Possible? FOMC Minutes Say “Yes”, EUR/USD Goes Higher
- EUR/USD Drops as Fed Disappoints Markets
- EUR/USD Dips After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Flat on Conflicting Influence of Fed’s QE & Europe’s Problems
- EUR/USD Fluctuates as Fundamentals Drag Down Both Currencies
- EUR/USD Stays Higher Even After FOMC Refrains from QE3
- EUR/USD Falls as FOMC Doesn’t Plan More Stimulus
- EUR/USD Falls as FOMC Refrains from QE, Sees Economic Recovery
- EUR/USD Falls as Greece Argue with EU on Bailout
- EUR/USD at Monthly High as FOMC Pledges Keep Low Rates till Late 2014
- Dollar Down on PMI & FOMC Minutes
2011
- EUR/USD Extends Slump for Second Day
- EUR/USD Jumps Up & Down on Mixed Fundamentals
- EUR/USD Rallies as FOMC Keeps Rates Record Low
- EUR/USD Rebounds, Resumes Decline
- FOMC Will Buy Longer-Term Securities, EUR/USD Plunges
- FOMC May Keep Zero Rates for 2 Years, EUR/USD Up
- US Trade Balance Deficit Helps EUR/USD Erase Losses
- EUR/USD Weak Even After Fed Maintained Stimulus
- EUR/USD Volatile, US Economy Looks Bad
- EUR/USD Soars as Bernanke Hints No Tightening
- EUR/USD Regains Strength as FOMC Holds Rates
- EUR/USD Rises for Another Day as US Economy Underperforms
2010
- EUR/USD Fluctuates on Reports from US & FOMC Statement
- Sharp Drop of EUR/USD After US GDP & Manufacturing Reports
- EUR/USD Rise as Fed Announces Quantitative Easing
- EUR/USD Falls After Advance on FOMC Minutes
- Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged, Dollar Falls Down
- EUR/USD Falls on Rising Home Prices and Consumer Confidence
- EUR/USD Surged After FOMC Kept Interest Rates Near Zero
- EUR/USD Rises as U.S. Housing Market Shows Awful Results
- FOMC Says Nothing New, EUR/USD Trades Balanced
- EUR/USD Rebounds as Fundamentals Don’t Favor USD
- Dollar Rises on Fed Optimism
2009
- EUR/USD Beats Weekly High on Fed Optimism
- EUR/USD Down After FOMC Claims
- U.S. GDP — Down, EUR/USD — Up
- EUR/USD Shoots Up as Fed Will Have to Print Money
2008
2007
- Mixed Housing Data and FOMC Minutes
- Fed Sees No Major Problems in U.S. Economy
- Federal Reserve Loosens Rates for Banks
- EUR/USD To Break Above 1.3850?
- Key Fundamental Forex Data from U.S.
- Some Important Data from U.S.
- Euro Rallies as the Fundamentals are Not in Dollar’s Favor
- EUR/USD Bearish After Fundamental News
- FOMC Minutes to Support Dollar?
- EUR/USD Reaches 1 Month Low
- EUR/USD Ranging Before FOMC Meeting Today