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December 30, 2008
Federal Reserve announces details of program to purchase mortgage-backed securities
December 30, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 83-day credit held on December 29, 2008
December 29, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 83-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
December 19, 2008
Federal Reserve releases revised information detailing operational aspects of Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
December 19, 2008
Federal Reserve and other central banks announce schedules for term auctions of U.S. dollar liquidity
December 18, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
December 17, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas and Boston
December 16, 2008
Federal Reserve issues technical note concerning the calculation of interest rates on required reserve balances and excess balances for the maintenance periods ending December 17, 2008
December 16, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Kansas City
December 16, 2008
FOMC statement and Board approval of discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and San Francisco
December 16, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 28-day credit held on December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
December 9, 2008
Federal Reserve announces it will conduct two auctions of term credit through its Term Auction Facility (TAF) in January 2009
December 2, 2008
Federal Reserve announces the extension of three liquidity facilities through April 30, 2009
December 2, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 84-day credit held on December 1, 2008
December 1, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 84-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
November 25, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, September 29 through October 29, 2008
November 25, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 13-day credit held on November 24, 2008
November 25, 2008
Federal Reserve announces it will initiate a program to purchase the direct obligations of housing-related government-sponsored enterprises and mortgage-backed securities backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae
November 25, 2008
Federal Reserve announces the creation of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
November 24, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 13-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
November 20, 2008
FOMC announces it will expand its December meeting to two days
November 19, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, September 29, October 7, and October 28-29, 2008
November 18, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 28-day credit held on November 17, 2008
November 17, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
November 12, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 17-day credit held on November 10, 2008
November 10, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 17-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
November 5, 2008
Federal Reserve announces it will alter formulas used to determine interest rates paid to depository institutions on required reserve balances and excess reserve balances
November 4, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 84-day credit held on November 3, 2008
November 3, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 84-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
October 31, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
October 30, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia, Richmond, Minneapolis, and Dallas
October 29, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis
October 29, 2008
Federal Reserve, Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico, Bank of Korea, and Monetary Authority of Singapore announce the establishment of temporary reciprocal currency arrangements
October 29, 2008
FOMC statement and approval of discount rate action by Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Cleveland, and San Francisco
October 28, 2008
Federal Reserve and Reserve Bank of New Zealand announce the establishment of a temporary reciprocal currency arrangement
October 22, 2008
Federal Reserve announces it will alter the formula used to determine the interest rate paid to depository institutions on excess balances
October 21, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 28-day credit held on October 20, 2008
October 21, 2008
Federal Reserve announces the creation of the Money Market Investor Funding Facility (MMIFF)
October 20, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
October 14, 2008
FOMC authorizes an increase in the size of its temporary reciprocal currency arrangement with the Bank of Japan
October 14, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, August 18 through September 15, 2008
October 14, 2008
Board announces additional details regarding the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF)
October 14, 2008
Joint statement by Federal Reserve, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
October 13, 2008
Federal Reserve and other central banks announce further measures to provide broad access to liquidity and funding to financial institutions
October 8, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco, and St. Louis
October 8, 2008
FOMC statement: Federal Reserve and other central banks announce reductions in policy interest rates
October 7, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, September 16, 2008
October 7, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $150 billion in 85-day credit held on October 6, 2008
October 7, 2008
Board announces creation of the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) to help provide liquidity to term funding markets
October 7, 2008
Federal Reserve and other central banks announce schedules for term and forward auctions of U.S. dollar liquidity for fourth quarter
October 6, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 85-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
October 6, 2008
Board announces that it will begin to pay interest on depository institutions' required and excess reserve balances
September 29, 2008
Federal Reserve Ready to Provide Liquidity in Wachovia Transition
September 29, 2008
Federal Reserve and other central banks announce further coordinated actions to expand significantly the capacity to provide U.S. dollar liquidity
September 26, 2008
Federal Reserve and other central banks announce operations to address funding pressures over quarter end
September 24, 2008
Federal Reserve and other central banks announce additional measures to address elevated pressures in funding markets
September 23, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on September 22, 2008
September 22, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
September 21, 2008
Board approves, pending a statutory five-day antitrust waiting period, the applications of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies and also authorizes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to extend credit to the London-based broker-dealer subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch
September 19, 2008
Board approves two interim final rules in connection with initiative to provide liquidity to markets by extending loans to banking organizations to finance their purchases of high-quality asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) from money market mutual funds
September 19, 2008
Federal Reserve Board announces two enhancements to its programs to provide liquidity to markets
September 18, 2008
Federal Reserve and other central banks announce further measures to address elevated pressures in funding markets
September 16, 2008
FOMC statement
September 14, 2008
Federal Reserve Board announces several initiatives to provide additional support to financial markets, including enhancements to its existing liquidity facilities
September 10, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $25 billion in 28-day credit held on September 9, 2008
September 9, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $25 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
September 9, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $25 billion in 84-day credit held on September 8, 2008
September 8, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $25 billion in 84-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
September 2, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, July 7 through August 4, 2008
August 26, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, July 24 and August 5, 2008
August 26, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on August 25, 2008
August 25, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
August 13, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $50 billion in 28-day credit held on August 12, 2008
August 12, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
August 12, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $25 billion in 84-day credit held on August 11, 2008
August 11, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $25 billion in 84-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
August 5, 2008
FOMC statement
July 30, 2008
Federal Reserve announces steps to enhance the effectiveness of its existing liquidity facilities
July 29, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
July 22, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, May 19 through June 23, 2008
July 16, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, June 24-25, 2008
July 15, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on July 14, 2008
July 14, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
July 1, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on July 14 and 28, 2008
July 1, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on June 30, 2008
June 30, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
June 25, 2008
FOMC statement
June 17, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on June 16, 2008
June 16, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
June 3, 2008
Tentative 2009 FOMC meeting schedule
June 3, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on June 2, 2008
June 2, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
May 29, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on June 2, 16, and 30, 2008
May 27, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, March 31 through April 30, 2008
May 21, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, April 29-30, 2008
May 20, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on May 19, 2008
May 19, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
May 6, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit held on May 5, 2008
May 5, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
May 2, 2008
Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and Swiss National Bank announce an expansion of liquidity measures
May 1, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Minneapolis, and Dallas
April 30, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis
April 30, 2008
FOMC statement and Board approval of discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Cleveland, Atlanta, and San Francisco
April 22, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $50 billion in 28-day credit held on April 21, 2008
April 21, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
April 15, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, February 19 through March 18, 2008
April 8, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, March 10 and 18, 2008
April 8, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $50 billion in 28-day credit held on April 7, 2008
April 7, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
March 28, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on April 7 and April 21, 2008
March 25, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $50 billion in 28-day credit held on March 24, 2008
March 24, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
March 20, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
March 19, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond, Minneapolis, and Atlanta
March 18, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, and St. Louis
March 18, 2008
FOMC statement and Board approval of discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, and San Francisco
March 17, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Cleveland, Richmond, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and San Francisco
March 16, 2008
Federal Reserve announces two initiatives designed to bolster market liquidity and promote orderly market functioning
March 14, 2008
The Federal Reserve is monitoring market developments closely and will continue to provide liquidity as necessary to promote the orderly functioning of the financial system
March 11, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $50 billion in 28-day credit held on March 10, 2008
March 11, 2008
FOMC statement: Federal Reserve and other central banks announce specific measures designed to address liquidity pressures in funding markets
March 10, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today
March 7, 2008
Federal Reserve announces two initiatives to address heightened liquidity pressures in term funding markets
February 29, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $30 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on March 10 and March 24, 2008
February 26, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, January 21 through January 30, 2008
February 26, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $30 billion in 28-day credit held on February 25, 2008
February 22, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $30 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on February 25, 2008
February 20, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, January 9, 21, and 29-30, 2008
February 12, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $30 billion in 28-day credit held on February 11, 2008
February 8, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $30 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on February 11, 2008
February 1, 2008
Federal Reserve will conduct two auctions of 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility in February
January 31, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond, Minneapolis, and Dallas
January 30, 2008
FOMC statement and Board approval of discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and San Francisco
January 29, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $30 billion in 28-day credit held on January 28, 2008
January 25, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $30 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on January 28, 2008
January 24, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Kansas City
January 22, 2008
Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Dallas, San Francisco, and St. Louis
January 22, 2008
FOMC statement and Board approval of discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Minneapolis
January 15, 2008
Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $30 billion in 28-day credit held on January 14, 2008
January 11, 2008
Federal Reserve will offer $30 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility on January 14, 2008
January 8, 2008
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, November 5 through December 11, 2007
January 4, 2008
Federal Reserve will conduct two auctions of 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility in January
January 2, 2008
Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, December 6 and 11, 2007

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