Returns scheduled regular FOMC meeting decision dates from 2017 to 2025, plus selected unscheduled meetings during stress periods (e.g. March 2020). Each row carries the decision date, meeting type, and a flag for whether a Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) was released. Useful as a left table for event-study windows around monetary-policy decisions.
Arguments
- from
Optional character or Date. Filter to meetings on or after this date.
- to
Optional character or Date. Filter to meetings on or before this date.
- year
Optional integer vector. Filter to specific calendar years.
- sep_only
Logical. If
TRUE, return only meetings that released an SEP (typically four per year). DefaultFALSE.
Details
Source: Federal Reserve Board press release calendars (https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm). Curated and embedded; not auto-synced.
See also
Other dates:
fred_recession_dates()
Examples
# All meetings since 2017
fred_fomc_dates()
#> # FRED: fomc_dates · 73 rows
#> date type sep
#> 1 2017-02-01 regular FALSE
#> 2 2017-03-15 regular TRUE
#> 3 2017-05-03 regular FALSE
#> 4 2017-06-14 regular TRUE
#> 5 2017-07-26 regular FALSE
#> 6 2017-09-20 regular TRUE
#> 7 2017-11-01 regular FALSE
#> 8 2017-12-13 regular TRUE
#> 9 2018-01-31 regular FALSE
#> 10 2018-03-21 regular TRUE
#> 11 2018-05-02 regular FALSE
#> 12 2018-06-13 regular TRUE
#> 13 2018-08-01 regular FALSE
#> 14 2018-09-26 regular TRUE
#> 15 2018-11-08 regular FALSE
#> 16 2018-12-19 regular TRUE
#> 17 2019-01-30 regular FALSE
#> 18 2019-03-20 regular TRUE
#> 19 2019-05-01 regular FALSE
#> 20 2019-06-19 regular TRUE
#> 21 2019-07-31 regular FALSE
#> 22 2019-09-18 regular TRUE
#> 23 2019-10-30 regular FALSE
#> 24 2019-12-11 regular TRUE
#> 25 2020-01-29 regular FALSE
#> 26 2020-03-03 unscheduled FALSE
#> 27 2020-03-15 unscheduled FALSE
#> 28 2020-04-29 regular FALSE
#> 29 2020-06-10 regular TRUE
#> 30 2020-07-29 regular FALSE
#> 31 2020-09-16 regular TRUE
#> 32 2020-11-05 regular FALSE
#> 33 2020-12-16 regular TRUE
#> 34 2021-01-27 regular FALSE
#> 35 2021-03-17 regular TRUE
#> 36 2021-04-28 regular FALSE
#> 37 2021-06-16 regular TRUE
#> 38 2021-07-28 regular FALSE
#> 39 2021-09-22 regular TRUE
#> 40 2021-11-03 regular FALSE
#> 41 2021-12-15 regular TRUE
#> 42 2022-01-26 regular FALSE
#> 43 2022-03-16 regular TRUE
#> 44 2022-05-04 regular FALSE
#> 45 2022-06-15 regular TRUE
#> 46 2022-07-27 regular FALSE
#> 47 2022-09-21 regular TRUE
#> 48 2022-11-02 regular FALSE
#> 49 2022-12-14 regular TRUE
#> 50 2023-02-01 regular FALSE
#> 51 2023-03-22 regular TRUE
#> 52 2023-05-03 regular FALSE
#> 53 2023-06-14 regular TRUE
#> 54 2023-07-26 regular FALSE
#> 55 2023-09-20 regular TRUE
#> 56 2023-11-01 regular FALSE
#> 57 2023-12-13 regular TRUE
#> 58 2024-01-31 regular FALSE
#> 59 2024-03-20 regular TRUE
#> 60 2024-05-01 regular FALSE
#> 61 2024-06-12 regular TRUE
#> 62 2024-07-31 regular FALSE
#> 63 2024-09-18 regular TRUE
#> 64 2024-11-07 regular FALSE
#> 65 2024-12-18 regular TRUE
#> 66 2025-01-29 regular FALSE
#> 67 2025-03-19 regular TRUE
#> 68 2025-05-07 regular FALSE
#> 69 2025-06-18 regular TRUE
#> 70 2025-07-30 regular FALSE
#> 71 2025-09-17 regular TRUE
#> 72 2025-10-29 regular FALSE
#> 73 2025-12-10 regular TRUE
# 2022 hiking cycle
fred_fomc_dates(year = 2022)
#> # FRED: fomc_dates · 8 rows
#> date type sep
#> 1 2022-01-26 regular FALSE
#> 2 2022-03-16 regular TRUE
#> 3 2022-05-04 regular FALSE
#> 4 2022-06-15 regular TRUE
#> 5 2022-07-27 regular FALSE
#> 6 2022-09-21 regular TRUE
#> 7 2022-11-02 regular FALSE
#> 8 2022-12-14 regular TRUE
# SEP meetings only (Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
fred_fomc_dates(year = 2024, sep_only = TRUE)
#> # FRED: fomc_dates · 4 rows
#> date type sep
#> 1 2024-03-20 regular TRUE
#> 2 2024-06-12 regular TRUE
#> 3 2024-09-18 regular TRUE
#> 4 2024-12-18 regular TRUE