semiannual Humphrey–Hawkins testimony

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congressional testimony monetary policy report

The semiannual Humphrey–Hawkins testimony is a twice-yearly report by the Federal Reserve Chair to Congress on monetary policy, economic conditions, and the Fed’s policy objectives.

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Humphrey–Hawkins testimony	1
semiannual Humphrey–Hawkins testimony canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	congressional testimony ⓘ monetary policy report ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	semiannual Humphrey–Hawkins testimony ⓘ surface form: Humphrey–Hawkins testimony semiannual monetary policy testimony ⓘ
audience	financial markets ⓘ general public ⓘ members of the United States Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effect	can influence financial market expectations ⓘ can signal future monetary policy direction ⓘ
frequency	twice a year ⓘ
givenBy	Chair of the Federal Reserve ⓘ Federal Reserve Board governors ⓘ surface form: Federal Reserve Board of Governors representative
governsPeriod	forecasts for the coming year or more ⓘ previous half-year economic and policy developments ⓘ
hasPart	oral testimony by the Fed Chair ⓘ prepared written report ⓘ question-and-answer session with members of Congress ⓘ
includes	Monetary Policy Report ⓘ
isAbout	dual mandate of the Federal Reserve ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 ⓘ Humphrey–Hawkins Act ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandatedBy	United States federal law ⓘ
presentedTo	House Committee on Financial Services ⓘ Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ
purpose	to enhance transparency and accountability of the Federal Reserve ⓘ to explain the Federal Reserve’s economic outlook ⓘ to inform Congress about the conduct of monetary policy ⓘ
regarding	balance sheet policies of the Federal Reserve ⓘ employment objectives of the Federal Reserve ⓘ inflation objectives of the Federal Reserve ⓘ short-term interest rate policy ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Reserve System ⓘ United States monetary policy framework ⓘ
startTime	1979 ⓘ
timePeriod	post-1978 U.S. economic policy era ⓘ
topic	Federal Reserve policy objectives ⓘ economic conditions ⓘ employment ⓘ financial stability ⓘ inflation ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ output and growth ⓘ

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Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 → creates → semiannual Humphrey–Hawkins testimony ⓘ

semiannual Humphrey–Hawkins testimony → alsoKnownAs → semiannual Humphrey–Hawkins testimony ⓘ

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