美联储主席沃什宣布会议安排改革：2027年设一次纯战略会议不表决利率，2028年增至两次
美联储主席 Kevin Warsh 10月28日在华盛顿的议息会议记者会上宣布，美联储将改变联邦公开市场委员会（FOMC）的年度会议安排：每年仍开八次会，但2027年将有一次会议专门讨论广泛的货币政策战略，不表决联邦基金利率、预计也不发布政策声明；2028年再增至两次战略会议，其余六次为政策制定会议。
当天早些时候，FOMC 以10比2决定将联邦基金利率目标区间维持在3.75%至4.00%不变，理事 Lisa D. Cook 与克利夫兰联储主席 Beth M. Hammack 主张加息25个基点。沃什的会议安排宣布是记者会上的另一项主要信息。
沃什说：「我们相信每年八次会议对联邦公开市场委员会来说是合适的次数，但在2027年，有一次会议将专门聚焦广泛的货币政策战略，预计既不会就联邦基金利率进行表决，也不会发布政策声明。」他表示，其余会议仍是常规的政策制定会议，预计2028年将有两次会议专门用于战略讨论、六次用于制定政策。
沃什说，把政策做对，需要以适时、定期且信息丰富的间隔评估近期形势；「但同样重要的是，我们要为战略审议留出时间和空间，作为一个思想多元的集体重新思考大问题、放眼更长的时段，用我的话说，聚焦小数点左边的东西。」
会议次数不变意味着美联储例行决策节奏不变，但投在利率上的表决会议将减少。美联储仍可在例会之外采取行动调整货币政策，最近一次是在2020年初新冠疫情暴发时。FOMC 今年最后一次例会定于12月8日至9日。
关联：美联储维持利率3.75%至4.00%不变：FOMC以10比2通过决议，Cook与Hammack主张加息
Fed Chair Warsh Announces Meeting Overhaul: One Strategy-Only Meeting With No Rate Vote in 2027, Two in 2028
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh announced at his post-meeting press conference in Washington on October 28 that the Federal Open Market Committee will change how it uses its annual calendar: it will still meet eight times a year, but in 2027 one meeting will focus exclusively on broad monetary policy strategy, with neither a vote on the federal funds rate nor a policy statement anticipated, and in 2028 two meetings will be dedicated to strategy, with six for setting policy.
Earlier that day, the FOMC voted 10-2 to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.75% to 4.00%. Governor Lisa D. Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth M. Hammack preferred a quarter-point increase. Warsh's calendar announcement was the press conference's other major news.
"We believe eight meetings per year is the right number for the (Federal Open Market Committee), but in 2027, one meeting will focus exclusively on broad monetary policy strategy, with neither a vote on the federal funds rate nor a policy statement anticipated," Warsh said. The rest will be regular policy-setting meetings, and he expects two strategy meetings and six policy meetings in 2028.
"Getting policy right involves assessing near-term developments at timely, regular and information-rich intervals," Warsh said. "But it's equally important we reserve time and space as an intellectually diverse group for strategic deliberations, for thinking anew about big questions, looking out over longer time horizons, focusing, as I say, on the left side of the decimal point."
Keeping eight meetings preserves the Fed's regular rhythm while reducing the number of rate-setting sessions. The central bank retains the ability to change policy outside scheduled meetings, as it last did in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The FOMC's final scheduled meeting of this year is December 8-9.
Related: Fed holds rates at 3.75% to 4.00%: FOMC votes 10-2 as Cook and Hammack favor a hike
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