Federal Reserve Releases Minutes of July 28–29, 2026 FOMC Meeting
Key Takeaways
- •The Federal Reserve released the minutes of the July 28–29, 2026 FOMC meeting on August 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
- •FOMC minutes are customarily published about three weeks after each policy decision, and the conditions they describe reflect only the information available to the Committee at the time of the meeting.
- •The complete minutes, along with the original press release, are available on the Federal Reserve Board's website in HTML and PDF formats.
- •The FOMC is the U.S. monetary policymaking body that sets the federal funds rate target range, holding eight regularly scheduled meetings per year in Washington, D.C., with voting seats held by the seven Board of Governors members, the New York Fed president, and four rotating Reserve Bank presidents.
- •Meeting minutes record attendance, the policy vote, and the economic and financial information reviewed by policymakers, making them a primary source for understanding how the Fed frames its decisions over time.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on July 28–29, 2026. The document was issued for release at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Under the Committee's standing practice, the minutes for each regularly scheduled FOMC meeting are generally published three weeks after the day of the policy decision. The Federal Reserve noted that the descriptions of economic and financial conditions contained in the minutes are based solely on the information that was available to the Committee at the time of the meeting. Because the minutes are the formal record of policymakers’ discussion, they are often used by market participants, researchers, and the public to understand how the Committee framed its latest decision and what information was in view when it was made.
The full minutes can be viewed on the Board's website in both HTML and PDF formats. The original press release is also available on the Federal Reserve's website.
The FOMC is the monetary policymaking body of the United States and is responsible for setting the target range for the federal funds rate. The Committee holds eight regularly scheduled meetings each year in Washington, D.C. Its voting membership consists of 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 on a rotating basis. Meeting minutes record attendance and the policy vote, along with a summary of the economic and financial information reviewed by policymakers and the discussion surrounding the Committee's decisions, making them a key source for tracking how the Fed communicates its assessment of current conditions over time.
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