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AGENDA

FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE
Monday,

July 19,

1976

6:00 p.m.

1.

Executive session.
A.

Consideration of requests from Senator Proxmire
and Representative Reuss relating to form of
records of FOMC meetings. (See memorandum from
Secretary dated July 12, 1976.)

B.

Status report on pending lawsuit.

Tuesday,

July 20,

1976

9:30 a.m.

2.

Approval of minutes of actions taken at the meeting of
the Federal Open Market Committee on June 22, 1976.

3.

Foreign currency operations.
A.

Report on foreign currency operations since the
meeting of the Committee on June 22, 1976.

B.

Action to approve, ratify, and confirm transactions
since the previous meeting.

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C.

Consideration of Manager's recommendations with

respect to foreign currency operations.

4.

Staff report on international economic prospects.

5.

Economic and financial situation and outlook.
A.

Staff comments.

B.

General Committee discussion.

6.

Longer-term targets for monetary aggregates.

7.

Domestic open market operations.
A.

Report on open market operations since the
meeting of the Committee on June 22, 1976.

B.

Action to approve, ratify, and confirm
transactions since the previous meeting.

C.

Comments by Economist (Domestic Finance) on

prospective financial relationships.

8.

Current monetary policy and domestic policy directive
to be issued to Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
(Copy of June 22, 1976, directive attached.)

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9.

10.

Discussion of System operations in FNMA securities.
(See May 14, 1976, memorandum from Messrs. Axilrod
and Holmes entitled, "System Open Market Operations
in Securities of FNMA.")

Confirmation of date for next meeting.
August 17, 1976.)

(Tuesday,