FOMC Statement, October 2026: Rate Decision and Vote
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The decision and the vote line of the statement the Federal Open Market Committee issued at the end of this meeting, copied word for word from the Board, with a link to the full text.
The Federal Open Market Committee issues a statement at the end of each meeting. This report prints the decision and the vote from this one exactly as the Board wrote them and links the full statement. Nothing in a block quotation is this paper’s own wording, and no figure from a later feed is added.
The Federal Open Market Committee issued this statement on Oct 28, 2026, at the end of its meeting of October 27–28, 2026. The Board of Governors published it, and the Board’s statement is the primary document.
The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-3/4 to 4 percent, in support of the Federal Reserve's dual mandate.
The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 10 – 2 vote:
Both passages are copied word for word from the Board’s statement for the meeting of October 27–28, 2026. Not paraphrased.
The October meeting page lists this statement with the Board’s other documents for that meeting, and marks which words differ from the statement before it.