[Federal Register: April 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 76)]
[Notices]               
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

 
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of March 
18, 2008

    In accordance with Sec.  271.25 of its rules regarding availability 
of information (12 CFR part 271), there is set forth below the domestic 
policy directive issued by the Federal Open Market Committee at its 
meeting held on March 18, 2008, 2008.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee 
meeting on March 18, 2008, which includes the domestic policy 
directive issued at the meeting, are available upon request to the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. 
20551. The minutes are published in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and 
in the Board's annual report.
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    The Federal Open Market Committee seeks monetary and financial 
conditions that will foster price stability and promote sustainable 
growth in output. To further its long-run objectives, the Committee in 
the immediate future seeks conditions in reserve markets consistent 
with reducing the federal funds rate at an average of around 2\1/4\ 
percent.
    By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, April 11, 2008.

Brian F. Madigan,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
[FR Doc. E8-8333 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]

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