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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](https://helious.io/fed).



      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


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-01-29)

    [


          March 17–18, 2026
          SEP + PRESSER · PAST


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-03-18)

    [


          April 28–29, 2026
          STATEMENT · PAST


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-04-29)

    [


          June 9–10, 2026
          SEP + PRESSER · PAST


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-06-10)

    [


          July 28–29, 2026
          STATEMENT · PAST


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-07-29)

    [


          September 15–16, 2026
          SEP + PRESSER


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-09-16)

    [


          November 3–4, 2026
          STATEMENT


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-11-04)

    [


          December 15–16, 2026
          SEP + PRESSER


    ](https://helious.io/fomc/2026-12-16)

      Source: [federalreserve.gov](https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm).
      Statements release at 2:00 PM ET; minutes follow three weeks later.

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