--- title: "FOMC meeting September 15 to 16, 2026: decision, statement & reaction | Helious" description: "The September 15 to 16, 2026 FOMC meeting: decision time (2 PM ET), dot plot and press conference, statement coverage and the market reaction, captured live as it crosses." source: Helious canonical: "https://helious.io/fomc/2026-09-16" --- # FOMC meeting: September 15 to 16, 2026 This one is a projection meeting. The statement lands at 2:00 PM ET, the Summary of Economic Projections (the dot plot) comes out alongside it, and the Chair takes questions at a press conference at 2:30 PM ET. The minutes follow three weeks after that. What the desk captured on the day is below. ## Captured coverage - [ Oct 8, 2026 Fed’s Musalem says tighter monetary policy needed to lower inflation, 10s +1bp · Thu 08 Oct 2026 Treasuries (close 2026-10-07): 2s 4.77% (-2.0bp), 10s 5.28% (+1.0bp), 30s 5.67% (+3.0bp). Tape (close 2026-10-07): VIX 15.08, 2s10s +51bp. Narrative: Fed minutes show most policymakers see another rate hike by year end What mattered: • Fed’… ](https://helious.io/news/brief-2026-10-08/feds-musalem-says-tighter-monetary-policy-needed-to-lower) - [ Oct 8, 2026 Waller, The Signaling Value of the Summary of Economic Projections Waller, The Signaling Value of the Summary of Economic Projections — Speech At the Istanbul Economic Forum, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, Istanbul, Türkiye Thank you to the Central Bank of Türkiye for the opportunity to speak to… ](https://helious.io/news/a910a654a5c375984a013bb55f932327/waller-the-signaling-value-of-the-summary-of-economic) - [ Oct 7, 2026 Fed minutes show most policymakers see another rate hike by year end, 10s -4bp · Wed 07 Oct 2026 Treasuries (close 2026-10-06): 2s 4.79% (-5.0bp), 10s 5.27% (-4.0bp), 30s 5.64% (-2.0bp). Tape (close 2026-10-06): VIX 15.01, 2s10s +48bp. Narrative: Fed minutes show most policymakers see another rate hike by year end What mattered: • Fed … ](https://helious.io/news/brief-2026-10-07/fed-minutes-show-most-policymakers-see-another-rate-hike-by) - [ Oct 7, 2026 Minutes of the London FXJSC Legal Sub Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026 Minutes of the London FXJSC Legal Sub Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026 — The Bank of England provides the Secretariat to the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Legal Sub-Committee. The FXJSC is made up of market partic… ](https://helious.io/news/ee14c529eb7ecf7c368808aad553049f/minutes-of-the-london-fxjsc-legal-sub-committee-meeting-16) - [ Oct 7, 2026 Minutes of the London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026 Minutes of the London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026 — The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Operations and Legal Sub-Committees. The FXJSC is made up of market partic… ](https://helious.io/news/4e3777f2cbbf450d41c0f6ccff13c0a5/minutes-of-the-london-fxjsc-operations-sub-committee) - [ Oct 7, 2026 Minutes of the London FXJSC Main Committee Meeting – 24 June 2026 Minutes of the London FXJSC Main Committee Meeting – 24 June 2026 — The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC), which is a forum for discussion of the wholesale foreign exchange market. The FXJSC… ](https://helious.io/news/77482a99f1928ca21dcabd92bc63956a/minutes-of-the-london-fxjsc-main-committee-meeting-24-june) - [ Oct 6, 2026 Speeches and Q&A Introductory Remarks: 2026 Community Banking Research Conference Speeches and Q&A Introductory Remarks: 2026 Community Banking Research Conference — Tools and resources to find and use economic data worldwide. View banking market concentrations and perform HHI analysis. Scholarly research on monetary pol… ](https://helious.io/news/fac7c4e8353b2438c950b4ab81b21eca/speeches-and-q-a-introductory-remarks-2026-community) - [ Oct 6, 2026 Minutes of the UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee – September 2026 Minutes of the UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee – September 2026 — The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo mar… ](https://helious.io/news/26a2de6c1ed2d27fd785eddce262eb29/minutes-of-the-uk-money-markets-code-sub-committee) - [ Oct 5, 2026 Philip R. Lane: Diagnostic Challenges for ECB Monetary Policy Philip R. Lane: Diagnostic Challenges for ECB Monetary Policy It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2026 edition of the ECB Conference on Monetary Policy: bridging science and practice. In this speech, I lay out some diagnostic challenges… ](https://helious.io/news/0da1a47ae0e18abb4931054356ae9b96/philip-r-lane-diagnostic-challenges-for-ecb-monetary-policy) - [ Oct 4, 2026 Week ahead: ISM Services PMI Monday, FOMC Minutes Wednesday · US data & auctions, w/c 05 Oct 2026 The week of Monday 05 October 2026 has 21 scheduled US events, 3 high-impact, 9 Treasury auctions. Monday: • 13:45 UTC S&P Global Composite PMI (forecast 58.4) • 14:00 UTC ISM Services PMI (forecast 55.7) • 14:00 UTC ISM Services Employment… ](https://helious.io/news/week-ahead-2026-w41/week-ahead-ism-services-pmi-monday-fomc-minutes-wednesday) - [ Sep 17, 2026 Transcript of the Governor's pooled broadcast interview given on 17 September 2026 Transcript of the Governor's pooled broadcast interview given on 17 September 2026 — Following the publication of the Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting ITV News - So obviously rates have been held… ](https://helious.io/news/41ef696db1b6134012da91471645fd1d/transcript-of-the-governors-pooled-broadcast-interview) - [ Sep 17, 2026 Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting - September 2026 (to be published at 12pm) Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting - September 2026 (to be published at 12pm) — The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for making decisions about Bank Rate. At its meeting e… ](https://helious.io/news/5295c2cea75a5c9526a25c816b1c8c2a/monetary-policy-summary-and-minutes-of-the-monetary-policy) - [ Sep 17, 2026 Bank rate maintained at 3.75% - September 2026 Monetary Policy Summary and Minutes Bank rate maintained at 3.75% - September 2026 Monetary Policy Summary and Minutes — The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for making decisions about Bank Rate. At its meeting ending on 16 September 2026, the Monet… ](https://helious.io/news/c4c9e3968191813dd742dc36e31b0884/bank-rate-maintained-at-3-75-september-2026-monetary-policy) - [ Sep 16, 2026 Federal Reserve defies Donald Trump with first rate rise since 2023, 10s +3bp · Wed 16 Sep 2026 Treasuries (close 2026-09-15): 10s 5.0% (+3.0bp). Tape (close 2026-09-15): VIX 17.2, 2s10s +33bp. Narrative: Treasuries Hold Gains as Fed Hikes Rates, Signaling More Ahead What mattered: • Federal Reserve defies Donald Trump with first rate… ](https://helious.io/news/brief-2026-09-16/federal-reserve-defies-donald-trump-with-first-rate-rise) - [ Sep 16, 2026 Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting — The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market… ](https://helious.io/news/63f8e87ae960b7f5155c25e21a94c376/federal-reserve-board-and-federal-open-market-committee) - [ Sep 16, 2026 Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 12 – 0 vote: The Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 3-… ](https://helious.io/news/29b1fbb25bf557a6c0b1180b5636a857/federal-reserve-issues-fomc-statement) - [ Sep 15, 2026 Iran war likely to drive up inflation next year, CBO says, 10s +1bp · Tue 15 Sep 2026 Treasuries (close 2026-09-14): 2s 4.65% (+2.0bp), 10s 4.97% (+1.0bp), 30s 5.34% (-1.0bp). Tape (close 2026-09-14): VIX 17.1, 2s10s +32bp. Narrative: Euro declines against Canadian Dollar despite ECB rate hike hopes What mattered: • Iran war… ](https://helious.io/news/brief-2026-09-15/iran-war-likely-to-drive-up-inflation-next-year-cbo-says) - [ Sep 15, 2026 Minutes of the Securities Lending Committee meeting – March 2026 Minutes of the Securities Lending Committee meeting – March 2026 — The Securities Lending Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK securities lending market.… ](https://helious.io/news/aca493c772fc69bb01d70f72534cd447/minutes-of-the-securities-lending-committee-meeting-march) [Watch it live on the desk →](https://helious.io/)