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Authorized for Public Release
Class III FOMC – Internal (FR)

REVISED 1/21/11 


A G E N D A

FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. 

and continuing on 

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. 


Advices of the election of the following members and alternate members of the Federal
Open Market Committee for a term commencing January 25, 2011 have been received by
the Secretariat, and these individuals have executed their oaths of office.
Members	

Alternate Members

William C. Dudley
Charles L. Evans
Charles I. Plosser
Richard W. Fisher
Narayana Kocherlakota

Christine M. Cumming
Sandra Pianalto
Jeffrey M. Lacker
Dennis P. Lockhart
John F. Moore

1.	 Election of Committee officers.
A. Chairman
B. Vice Chairman
C. Staff officers
2.	 Selection of a Federal Reserve Bank to execute transactions for the System Open
Market Account.
3.	 Selection of a Manager of the System Open Market Account.
4.	 Proposed revisions to the Program for Security of FOMC Information. (See memos
distributed on January 19 and January 21, 2011.)
5.	 Review of the Authorization for Domestic Open Market Operations, the
Authorization for Foreign Currency Operations, the Foreign Currency Directive, and
the Procedural Instructions with Respect to Foreign Currency Operations. (See memo
distributed on January 20, 2011.)

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Class III FOMC – Internal (FR)
6.	 Special Topic: Structural unemployment. (See background materials distributed on
January 19, 2011.)
7.	 Financial developments and open market operations.
A.	 Report on market developments and operations.
B.	 Action to ratify the open market transactions for the System account since the
December meeting.
8.	 Economic and financial situation.
A.	 Chart show.
B.	 Committee discussion.
9.	 Current monetary policy.
A.	 Staff comments.
B.	 Committee discussion.
C.	 Action to adopt directive and statement.
10. Discussion of external communications. (See questions for discussion distributed on
January 19, 2011.)
11. Confirmation of the date for the next meeting (Tuesday, March 15, 2011).

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