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FOMC meeting dates 2026 and 2027

Every Fed rate decision this year and next, straight from the Federal Reserve's calendar, with the ones that come with a dot plot marked.

Last updated Oct 2026

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2026 FOMC meetings
Meeting	Decision	Projections (dot plot)	Status	Moon (decision day)
January 27-28	Wed, Jan 28, 2:00 pm ET	No	Done	Waxing gibbous
March 17-18	Wed, Mar 18, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Done	New moon
April 28-29	Wed, Apr 29, 2:00 pm ET	No	Done	Waxing gibbous
June 16-17	Wed, Jun 17, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Done	Waxing crescent
July 28-29	Wed, Jul 29, 2:00 pm ET	No	Done	Full moon
September 15-16	Wed, Sep 16, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Done	Waxing crescent
October 27-28Next	Wed, Oct 28, 2:00 pm ET	No	Upcoming	Waning gibbous
December 8-9	Wed, Dec 9, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Upcoming	New moon

Dates from the Federal Reserve's FOMC calendar. The Fed releases the statement at 2:00 pm Eastern on the second day (11:00 am Pacific). That's 18:00 UTC in daylight time and 19:00 UTC after clocks change, so the Dec 9 decision is at 19:00 UTC.

2027 FOMC meetings (tentative)
Meeting	Decision	Projections (dot plot)	Status	Moon (decision day)
January 26-27Next	Wed, Jan 27, 2:00 pm ET	No	Upcoming	Waning gibbous
March 16-17	Wed, Mar 17, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Upcoming	Waxing gibbous
April 27-28	Wed, Apr 28, 2:00 pm ET	No	Upcoming	Last quarter
June 8-9	Wed, Jun 9, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Upcoming	Waxing crescent
July 27-28	Wed, Jul 28, 2:00 pm ET	No	Upcoming	Waning crescent
September 14-15	Wed, Sep 15, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Upcoming	Full moon
October 26-27	Wed, Oct 27, 2:00 pm ET	No	Upcoming	Waning crescent
December 7-8	Wed, Dec 8, 2:00 pm ET	Yes	Upcoming	Waxing gibbous

The Fed has already published its 2027 schedule. In its words, each meeting date is tentative until confirmed at the meeting before it. It has also scheduled a two-day meeting for January 25-26, 2028.

The moon column is our thing: it shows the real moon phase on each date (at noon UTC). It's there because we like it, not because the moon moves prices.

What happens at an FOMC meeting

The Federal Open Market Committee is the group at the Fed that sets US interest rates. It meets eight times a year, over two days. On the second day at 2:00 pm ET it puts out a statement saying whether rates go up, down, or stay put. The Fed Chair then holds a press conference, and that often moves markets as much as the decision itself.

Which meetings have the dot plot

Four of the eight meetings come with a Summary of Economic Projections. That includes the "dot plot", where each official marks where they think rates should be over the next few years. In 2026 those are March, June, September and December. In 2027 they're March, June, September and December again. These meetings tend to get more attention because they show where the Fed thinks it's headed, not just what it did today.

Why crypto cares

Rates set the price of money. When the Fed is cutting, or hints that it will, cash gets cheaper and people tend to take more risk, and crypto is one of the first places that shows up. When it's hiking or sounds tougher than expected, the reverse usually happens. Bitcoin often moves sharply in the minutes after 2:00 pm ET and again during the press conference. None of that is guaranteed, but it's why these are some of the busiest afternoons on the crypto calendar.

The inflation numbers the Fed watches come out a couple of weeks before each meeting. See the CPI release dates, plus the token unlock schedule.

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