FOMC Meeting on
Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12 and 13, 2023
"Effective December 13, 2023, the Federal Open
Market Committee (FOMC) directs the Desk to:

In support of these goals (maximum employment
and inflation rate of 2% over the long run) the
Committee decided to
maintain the federal funds
rate
in a target range of 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent.
Administered Rate #1:  "The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to
maintain
the
Interest Rate on Reserve Balances (IOR) to 4.9
percent
, effective December 14, 2023."  
The Policy Rate is the Federal Funds Rate.
Administered Rate #3:  "In a related action, the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted unanimously
to approve the establishment of the
Primary Credit Rate at
the
existing level of 5.5 percent."  
Administered Rate #2:  Administered Rate #3:  "The FOMC
directs the desk to:
 Conduct standing Overnight Reverse
Repurchase Agreement
(ON RRP) operations at an offering
rate of
5.3 percent . . .
December 13, 2023 FOMC Press Conference with Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
Economics Low Down Video Series, Part I

Ample Reserves Videos by Jane Ihrig and Scott Wolla (Only Use Parts 1 and 2)
Videos from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
FOMC Press Conference with Jerome Powell (December 13, 2023)
A special thank you goes to The Council on Economics Education (CEE) for accepting my proposal to speak
at the 62nd Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Another special
thank you goes to the Foundation for Economics Education (
FEE), established in 1946, that provided funding
for me to present.
December 13, 2023
September 19 and 20, 2023 -- Press Release for FOMC Meeting Lesson:
October 30 and Nov. 1, 2023 --Press Release for FOMC Meeting Lesson:
Past FOMC Meeting Press Releases:
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Interest Rate on Overnight Reverse Repurchase
Agreements (ON RRP) -- AP Macroeconomics students
will NOT be tested on this administered rate.
The Primary Credit Rate used to be called the Discount
Rate, but that changed in 2003.
Interest Rate on Reserve Balances (IOR) is the
MOST IMPORTANT TOOL OF MONETARY POLICY!
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Closing a
Recessionary  
Gap or a     
Negative
Output
Gap
Using
Expansionary
Monetary Policy
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Contractionary Monetary Policy Flow Chart with REFF® GRAPH and ASAD GRAPH #2
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Expansionary Monetary Policy Flow Chart with REFF® AR GRAPH and ASAD GRAPH.
Closing an
Inflationary
Gap
or a     
Positive
Output
Gap
with
Contractionary
Monetary
Policy