[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 203 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 62719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26849]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of 
August 22, 2000

    In accordance with Sec. 71.5 of its rules regarding availability of 
information (12 CFR part 271), there is set forth below the domestic 
policy directive issued by the Federal Open Market Committee at its 
meeting held on August 22, 2000.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee 
meeting of August 22, 2000, which include the domestic policy 
directive issued at that meeting, are available upon request to the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. 
20551. The minutes are published in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and 
in the Board's annual report.
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    The Federal Open Market Committee seeks monetary and financial 
conditions that will foster price stability and promote sustainable 
growth in output. To further its long-run objectives, the Committee in 
the immediate future seeks conditions in reserve markets consistent 
with maintaining the federal funds rate at an average of around 6\1/2\ 
percent.

    By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, October 12, 2000.
Donald L. Kohn,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
 [FR Doc. 00-26849 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
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