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Dated: August 29, 2013.
James R. Park,
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Dated: August 29, 2013.
James R. Park,
Executive Director.
seeks monetary and financial conditions
that will foster maximum employment
and price stability. In particular, 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
undertake open market operations as
necessary to maintain such conditions.
The Desk is directed to continue
purchasing longer-term Treasury
securities at a pace of about $45 billion
per month and to continue purchasing
agency mortgage-backed securities at a
pace of about $40 billion per month.
The Committee also directs the Desk to
engage in dollar roll and coupon swap
transactions as necessary to facilitate
settlement of the Federal Reserve’s
agency mortgage-backed securities
transactions. The Committee directs the
Desk to maintain its policy of rolling
over maturing Treasury securities into
new issues and its policy of reinvesting
principal payments on all agency debt
and agency mortgage-backed securities
in agency mortgage-backed 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, August 22, 2013.
William B. English,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
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Federal Open Market Committee;
Domestic Policy Directive of July 30–
31, 2013
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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 July 30–31, 2013.1
Consistent with its statutory mandate,
the Federal Open Market Committee
1 Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open
Market Committee at its meeting held on July 30–
31, 2013, 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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ACTION:
After publication of this
second round notice, OGE plans to
submit an unmodified OGE Form 450
Executive Branch Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval of a three-year
extension under the Paperwork
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Written comments by the public
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omb.eop.gov. (Include reference to
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paper copy may also be obtained,
without charge, by contacting Mr.
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Title: Executive Branch Confidential
Financial Disclosure Report.
Agency Form Number: OGE Form
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OMB Control Number: 3209–0006.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension without change of a currently
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under OGE’s executive branchwide
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Executive Order 12674 of April 12, 1989
(as modified by Executive Order 12731
of October 17, 1990, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp.,
pp. 306–311, at p. 308) and section
107(a) of the Ethics in Government Act,
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OGE published a first round notice of
its intent to request paperwork
clearance for an unmodified OGE Form
450 Executive Branch Confidential
Financial Disclosure Report. See 78 FR
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of July
30-31, 2013
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 July 30-31, 2013.\1\
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\1\ Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee
at its meeting held on July 30-31, 2013, 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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Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Federal Open Market
Committee seeks monetary and financial conditions that will foster
maximum employment and price stability. In particular, 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 undertake open market operations as necessary to maintain such
conditions. The Desk is directed to continue purchasing longer-term
Treasury securities at a pace of about $45 billion per month and to
continue purchasing agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of
about $40 billion per month. The Committee also directs the Desk to
engage in dollar roll and coupon swap transactions as necessary to
facilitate settlement of the Federal Reserve's agency mortgage-backed
securities transactions. The Committee directs the Desk to maintain its
policy of rolling over maturing Treasury securities into new issues and
its policy of reinvesting principal payments on all agency debt and
agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed 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, August 22, 2013.
William B. English,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
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