Abbreviations

Monetary Policy Report submitted to the Congress on July 10, 2026, pursuant to section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act

AFE
advanced foreign economy
AI
artificial intelligence
ELB
effective lower bound
EME
emerging market economy
EPOP ratio
employment-to-population ratio
FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee; also, the Committee
GDP
gross domestic product
GenAI
generative artificial intelligence
IORB rate
interest on reserve balances rate
JOLTS
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
LFPR
labor force participation rate
M2
monetary aggregate consisting of currency, liquid deposits (deposits readily usable in transactions), small time deposits, and retail money funds
ON RRP
overnight reverse repurchase agreement
PCE
personal consumption expenditures
repo
repurchase agreement
RMP
reserve management purchase
SOMA
System Open Market Account
S&P
Standard & Poor's
UR
unemployment rate
VIX
implied volatility for the S&P 500 index
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Last Update: July 14, 2026