open market

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He may push for lower short-term interest rates—but the composition of the Federal Open Market Committee and incoming data will still help determine the monetary policy path.

From Barron's

The Fed chair gets one vote out of 12 on the Fed’s rate-setting Open Market Committee.

From Los Angeles Times

At a meeting of the Open Market Committee on Sept. 16, 2008, he stated he was “still not ready to relinquish my concerns on the inflation front.”

From Los Angeles Times

With only one vote out of twelve on the Federal Open Market Committee and recent committee votes favoring Powell eight to three, Warsh would struggle to marshal intellectual authority among fellow governors if he attempts to push policies they deem unwise.

From Los Angeles Times

Statement by the Federal Open Market Committee, released after the Jan. 27-28 meeting, described growth as “solid,” even as job gains remained low.

From Barron's