[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4455]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of 
February 1-2, 2005

    In accordance with Sec.  271.25 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 February 1-2, 2005.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee 
meeting on February 1-2, 2005, which includes the domestic policy 
directive issued at the 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 increasing the federal funds rate to an average of around 2-1/2 
percent.
    By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, February 28, 2005.

Vincent R. Reinhart,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
[FR Doc. 05-4455 Field 3-7-05; 8:45 am]
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