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FOMC Meetings 2026: Dates, Decisions & Desk Coverage

Every Federal Open Market Committee meeting this year: the schedule, which meetings carry a dot plot, and the desk's captured coverage of each decision: statement language, the presser and the market reaction as it happened. Who votes this year is on the Fed speakers page.

NEXT FOMC DECISION
September 15–16, 2026
Statement 2:00 PM ET on Sep 16, 2026 · with Summary of Economic Projections (dot plot) + press conference 2:30 PM ET. The desk carries the decision, the language shifts and the market reaction live.

2026 meeting calendar

January 28–29, 2026
STATEMENT · PAST
March 17–18, 2026
SEP + PRESSER · PAST
April 28–29, 2026
STATEMENT · PAST
June 9–10, 2026
SEP + PRESSER · PAST
July 28–29, 2026
STATEMENT · PAST
September 15–16, 2026
SEP + PRESSER
November 3–4, 2026
STATEMENT
December 15–16, 2026
SEP + PRESSER

Source: federalreserve.gov. Statements release at 2:00 PM ET; minutes follow three weeks later.

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