FOMC Meeting Schedule (Tentative) for 2015

Earlier today, The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released its tentative monetary policy meeting schedule for 2015. The FOMC doesn't always stick to the exact dates on the schedule (hence tentative), but they do always meet at least eight times per calendar year.

Why is this schedule important to you? Because it's at these monetary policy meetings that The FOMC votes on whether to raise, lower or make no changes to The Fed Funds Target Rate, and when the Fed Funds Target Rate changes, the U.S. Prime Rate (also known as the Fed, national or WSJ Prime Rate) will also change (how the US Prime Rate works).

Here's the tentative schedule for 2015:

January 27-28, 2015

March 17-18, 2015 (+ Chairman News Conference)

April 28-29, 2015

June 16-17, 2015 (+ Chairman News Conference)

July 28-29, 2015

September 16-17, 2015 (+ Chairman News Conference)

October 27-28, 2015

December 15-16, 2015 (+ Chairman News Conference)

January 26-27, 2016