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Federal Reserve releases minutes of Sept. 15–16, 2026 FOMC meeting

The Federal Reserve Board published the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting held Sept. 15–16, 2026. The Board released the minutes Oct. 7, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. EDT; they are available on the Board’s website in HTML and PDF formats.

BUSINESSINDY BRIEFBy BusinessIndy Editorial StaffCommentsPublished October 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM EDT

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The Federal Reserve Board released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting held Sept. 15–16, 2026, the Board said. The minutes were published Oct. 7, 2026, for release at 2:00 p.m. EDT and are available on the Board’s website as HTML and PDF files.

The Board’s notice states that the descriptions of economic and financial conditions in the minutes are based solely on information available to the Committee at the time of the Sept. 15–16 meeting. The Board also notes that minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting are generally published about three weeks after the policy decision. Media inquiries are directed to [email protected] or 202-452-2955.

WHY IT MATTERS

What happened and who this affects: The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes are the Committee’s written record of the Sept. 15–16, 2026 meeting and were released by the Federal Reserve Board on Oct. 7, 2026. The minutes summarize how Committee participants viewed economic and financial conditions at the time of that meeting; the Board explicitly says those descriptions rely only on information available at the meeting.

How the minutes work, step by step: the Board posts the minutes online (HTML and PDF) so readers can review the Committee’s discussion after the meeting. The notice also says minutes for regularly scheduled meetings are generally published about three weeks after the decision, which explains the timing between the mid-September meeting and the Oct. 7 release. For example: a business leader or analyst wanting a fuller account of the Committee’s thinking would read the minutes to see the issues discussed and the information the Committee had at that meeting.

What to watch next: the minutes are posted on the Federal Reserve Board website; the Board’s timing note provides a way to anticipate when minutes from future regularly scheduled meetings will appear.

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