Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of December 14, 2010, 1616 [2011-348]

Download as PDF 1616 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 11, 2011 / Notices fair value option to financial or servicing assets and liabilities. The agencies believe that the proposed information is necessary to more accurately assess the impact of fair value accounting and fair value measurements for safety and soundness purposes. The collection of the information on Schedule Q, as proposed, will facilitate and enhance the banking agencies’ ability to monitor the extent of fair value accounting by branches, including the elective use of fair value accounting and the nature of the inputs used in the valuation process, pursuant to the disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 820. 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[FR Doc. 2011–270 Filed 1–10–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:33 Jan 10, 2011 Jkt 223001 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of December 14, 2010 In accordance with Section 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 December 14, 2010.1 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 seeks conditions in reserve markets consistent with federal funds trading in a range from 0 to 1⁄4 percent. The Committee directs the Desk to execute purchases of longer-term Treasury securities in order to increase the total face value of domestic securities held in the System Open Market Account to approximately $2.6 trillion by the end of June 2011. The Committee also directs the Desk to reinvest principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgagebacked securities in longer-term Treasury securities. The System Open Market Account Manager and the Secretary will keep the Committee informed of ongoing developments regarding the System’s balance sheet that could affect the attainment over time of the Committee’s objectives of maximum employment and price stability. By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, January 5, 2011. William B. English, Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. [FR Doc. 2011–348 Filed 1–10–11; 8:45 am] assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than February 7, 2011. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. Ann Worthy, Vice President)2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–2272: 1. Sulphur Springs Bancshares, Inc., Sulphur Springs, Texas, to acquire by merger 100 percent of First Mineola, Inc., and indirectly acquire The First National Bank of Mineola, both of Mineola, Texas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 6, 2011. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-348]


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Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of 
December 14, 2010

    In accordance with Section 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 December 14, 2010.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee 
at its meeting held on December 14, 2010, 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, DC 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 
seeks conditions in reserve markets consistent with federal funds 
trading in a range from 0 to \1/4\ percent. The Committee directs the 
Desk to execute purchases of longer-term Treasury securities in order 
to increase the total face value of domestic securities held in the 
System Open Market Account to approximately $2.6 trillion by the end of 
June 2011. The Committee also directs the Desk to reinvest principal 
payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in 
longer-term Treasury securities. The System Open Market Account Manager 
and the Secretary will keep the Committee informed of ongoing 
developments regarding the System's balance sheet that could affect the 
attainment over time of the Committee's objectives of maximum 
employment and price stability.

    By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, January 5, 2011.
William B. English,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
[FR Doc. 2011-348 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
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