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AGENDA
FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE
Tuesday,

March 28,

1989 at 9:00 a.m.

Advices of the election of the following members and alternate members of
the Federal Open Market Committee for the year commencing March 1, 1989,
have been received by the Secretariat and these individuals have executed
their
oaths of office.

Member
E. Gerald Corrigan
Richard F. Syron
Silas Keehn
Thomas C. Melzer
Roger Guffey
1.

Alternate Member
James H. Oltman
Edward G. Boehne
W. Lee Hoskins
Robert H. Boykin
Gary H. Stern

Election of officers to serve until the election of their successors
at the first meeting of the Committee after December 31, 1989.
A.
B.
C.

Chairman
Vice Chairman
Staff officers

2.

Selection of a Federal Reserve Bank to execute transactions for the
System Open Market Account.

3.

Selection of (a) Manager for Domestic Operations and (b) Manager for
Foreign Operations, System Open Market Account.

4.

Review of authorization for domestic open market operations.
(See attachment.)

5.

Review of (a) foreign currency authorization, (b) foreign currency
directive and (c) procedural instructions with respect to foreign
currency operations.
(See attachments.)

6.

Approval of minutes of actions taken at the meeting of the Federal
Open Market Committee on February 7-8, 1989.

7.

Foreign currency operations.
A.

Report on operations since February meeting.

B.

Action to ratify transactions since February meeting.

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9.

10.

11.

Domestic open market operations.
A.

Report on operations since February meeting.

B.

Action to ratify transactions since February meeting.

Economic situation.
A.

Staff report on economic situation.

B.

Committee discussion.

Current monetary policy and domestic policy directive.
A.

Staff comments.

B.

Committee discussion.

C.

Action to adopt directive.

Confirmation of date for next meeting (Tuesday, May 16, 1989).