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Release Date: February 4, 1994

For immediate release
Chairman Alan Greenspan announced today that the Federal Open Market Committee decided to
increase slightly the degree of pressure on reserve positions. The action is expected to be associated
with a small increase in short-term money market interest rates.
The decision was taken to move toward a less accommodative stance in monetary policy in order to
sustain and enhance the economic expansion.
Chairman Greenspan decided to announce this action immediately so as to avoid any
misunderstanding of the Committee's purposes, given the fact that this is the first firming of reserve
market conditions by the Committee since early 1989.
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