연준 FOMC는 16일 오전 미국 워싱턴 DC에 소재한 연준 본부 청사에서 금리인상 여부를 결정짓는 회의에 돌입한다.
연준 FOMC는 대통령이 임명하는 연방준비제도이사회의 이사급 이상 간부 7명과 전국 12개 연방준비은행 총재 중 5명 등 모두 12명으로 구성된다.
그중 연준 이사2명은 지금 청문회절차를 준비 중이다.
그 2명을 빼고 10명만 이번 회의에 참석한다.
의장은 재닛 옐런이다.
영문으로는 Janet L. Yellen이다.
뉴욕 연방준비은행 총재인 William C. Dudley가 부의장을 맡고있다.
그밖에
Lael Brainard, Board of Governors
Stanley Fischer, Board of Governors
Jeffrey M. Lacker, Richmond
Charles L. Evans, Chicago
Dennis P. Lockhart, Atlanta
Jerome H. Powell, Board of Governors
Daniel K. Tarullo, Board of Governors
John C. Williams, San Francisco
등이 위원으로 참석한다.
또
James Bullard, St. Louis
Esther L. George, Kansas City
Loretta J. Mester, Cleveland
Eric Rosengren, Boston
Michael Strine, First Vice President, New York
등이 교체위원 참석한다.
의결방식은 투표다.
과반수 이상이 찬성하는 의안만 의결된다.
소수의견은 기록으로 남는다.
실제진행에 있어서는 의장의 영향력이 막강하다.
FOMC의 이번 회의결과는 17일 오후 2시에 나온다.
우리 시간으로는 18일 새벽 3시다.
다음은 FOMC 가 스스로 작성한 FOMC 안내문
The term "monetary policy" refers to the actions undertaken by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve, to influence the availability and cost of money and credit to help promote national economic goals. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 gave the Federal Reserve responsibility for setting monetary policy.
The Federal Reserve controls the three tools of monetary policy--open market operations, the discount rate, and reserve requirements. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is responsible for the discount rate and reserve requirements, and the Federal Open Market Committee is responsible for open market operations. Using the three tools, the Federal Reserve influences the demand for, and supply of, balances that depository institutions hold at Federal Reserve Banks and in this way alters the federal funds rate. The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions lend balances at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions overnight.
Changes in the federal funds rate trigger a chain of events that affect other short-term interest rates, foreign exchange rates, long-term interest rates, the amount of money and credit, and, ultimately, a range of economic variables, including employment, output, and prices of goods and services.
Structure of the FOMC
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) consists of twelve members--the seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and four of the remaining eleven Reserve Bank presidents, who serve one-year terms on a rotating basis. The rotating seats are filled from the following four groups of Banks, one Bank president from each group: Boston, Philadelphia, and Richmond; Cleveland and Chicago; Atlanta, St. Louis, and Dallas; and Minneapolis, Kansas City, and San Francisco. Nonvoting Reserve Bank presidents attend the meetings of the Committee, participate in the discussions, and contribute to the Committee's assessment of the economy and policy options.
The FOMC holds eight regularly scheduled meetings per year. At these meetings, the Committee reviews economic and financial conditions, determines the appropriate stance of monetary policy, and assesses the risks to its long-run goals of price stability and sustainable economic growth.
For more detail on the FOMC and monetary policy, see section 2 of the brochure on the structure of the Federal Reserve System and chapter 2 of Purposes & Functions of the Federal Reserve System. FOMC Rules and Authorizations are also available online.
2015 Members of the FOMC
Members
Janet L. Yellen, Board of Governors, Chair
William C. Dudley, New York, Vice Chairman
Lael Brainard, Board of Governors
Charles L. Evans, Chicago
Stanley Fischer, Board of Governors
Jeffrey M. Lacker, Richmond
Dennis P. Lockhart, Atlanta
Jerome H. Powell, Board of Governors
Daniel K. Tarullo, Board of Governors
John C. Williams, San Francisco
Alternate Members
James Bullard, St. Louis
Esther L. George, Kansas City
Loretta J. Mester, Cleveland
Eric Rosengren, Boston
Michael Strine, First Vice President, New York
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