#FOMCMeeting

Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (#FOMCMeeting)

Meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve are an extremely important economic event that investors and global markets closely watch. These meetings are held eight times a year, during which committee members make critical decisions regarding U.S. monetary policy, most notably determining interest rates.

The committee's decisions directly affect the cost of borrowing, inflation, and even exchange rates, stock prices, and bonds. For example, raising interest rates typically strengthens the value of the dollar but may slow economic growth, while lowering them may stimulate the economy. Therefore, markets closely monitor every word that comes out of these meetings for any signals regarding future monetary policy trends and their impact on financial markets.