Fed Forward Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill codifies more regular Federal Reserve communications, requires public press conferences and meeting minutes after FOMC meetings, and adds periodic monetary-policy and financial-stability reviews and reports.
Who Benefits and How
The public, financial markets, and Congress would receive more timely information about Federal Reserve decisions, policy framework reviews, and financial stability assessments.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Federal Reserve would have to conduct more public communications and produce recurring reviews, minutes, and financial stability reports.
Key Provisions
- States a sense of Congress favoring modern communication and accountability practices at the Federal Reserve.
- Requires FOMC meetings at least every 8 weeks, same-day policy statements and press conferences, and public minutes within 21 days.
- Requires a public review of the monetary policy framework every 5 years.
- Requires a public Financial Stability Report every 180 days.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill codifies more regular Federal Reserve communications, requires public press conferences and meeting minutes after FOMC meetings, and adds periodic monetary-policy and financial-stability reviews and reports.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill codifies more regular Federal Reserve communications, requires public press conferences and meeting minutes after FOMC meetings, and adds periodic monetary-policy and financial-stability reviews and reports.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Financial markets and the public seeking clearer Federal Reserve communications
- Congressional oversight of Federal Reserve policy and stability assessments
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal Reserve officials and staff responsible for communications and reports
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Ruben Gallego
D-AZ | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Gallego (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Board of Governors staff conducting recurring monetary-policy framework reviews, Federal Reserve staff preparing recurring Financial Stability Reports, Federal Reserve staff responsible for meeting communications and public disclosures
Positive-direction: Financial markets and the public relying on Federal Reserve policy transparency
Negative-direction: Board of Governors staff conducting recurring monetary-policy framework reviews, Federal Reserve staff preparing recurring Financial Stability Reports, Federal Reserve staff responsible for meeting communications and public disclosures
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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