1983 Memos
January 18

A Framework for Specifying and Explaining the Operational Meaning of Long-Run Monetary and Credit Targets for 1983 (PDF)

January 27

FOMC telephone conference call, January 28, 1983 (PDF)

January 28

Request for Humphrey-Hawkins Projections (PDF)

February 4

Selection of a Credit Aggregate (PDF)

February 22

Release of FOMC documents (PDF)

March 15

Renewal of Agreement to Warehouse Foreign Currencies for the ESF and the Treasury (PDF)

March 21

Review of Federal Reserve Activities in the Bankers Acceptance Market (PDF)

March 22

FOMC Instruments Relating to Direct Lending to Treasury (PDF)

July 5

Lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the laws governing the conduct of monetary policy (PDF)

July 6

Supplementary Greenbook Information from Federal Reserve Banks (PDF)

August 18

Supplementary Greenbook Information from Federal Reserve Banks (PDF)

August 31

Targeting M1 and M2 (PDF)

  • M1 Versus M2: Which is more reliable?

September 21

Tentative meeting schedule for 1984 (PDF)

September 23

Suggested Press Guidelines for FOMC Members and Staff (PDF)

October 3

Correspondence on the proposed Federal Reserve System Modernization Act (PDF)

  • Federal Reserve System Modernization Act

October 4

Tentative meeting schedule for 1984 (PDF)

October 14

Velocity Presentation for October FOMC Meeting (PDF)

November 9

Supplementary Greenbook Information from FRB Boston, FRB New York, and FRB Cleveland (PDF)

November 16

Staff Briefings on Inflation (PDF)

December 15

Operating Procedures in Light of Contemporaneous Reserve Requirements (PDF)

December 19

Addition to Minutes of Actions for November 14-15, 1983 Meeting (PDF)

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