Next FOMC Meeting: October 2026 Dates and Official Sources

As checked on 16 October 2026, the next scheduled FOMC meeting is 27–28 October 2026. The Federal Reserve’s calendar then lists 8–9 December 2026. Use the official meeting calendar to reconfirm the schedule and open the relevant statement, press-conference and projection materials. This dated article is not an automatically updating event feed.

Upcoming Dates and the Previous Meeting

The official calendar marks meetings associated with a Summary of Economic Projections; it does not follow that every meeting has new projection materials. Recheck later schedule changes at the publisher.

Distinguish the Meeting from Its Publications

A meeting date, the policy statement, the press conference, projection materials and later minutes are different events or documents. Use the publisher’s links for the selected meeting rather than treating an entire two-day window as one release instant. The projection “dots” represent individual participants’ assessments, not a binding promise of future rates or a guaranteed market outcome.

When recording an event time, keep its original time zone and date alongside the converted time. Eastern Time alternates between standard and daylight time; a fixed “ET always equals UTC minus five hours” rule is wrong. Convert the specific date and reconfirm the announced publication time. A broker server clock can use a different zone.

Keep a Source-Based Event Record

1. Save the source. Record the meeting dates, official URL and the time you checked it.
2. Separate expected from published. A forecast or market-implied probability is not the Committee’s actual decision. Preserve the original forecast source if you use one.
3. Read the actual document. Keep the statement or minutes and its timestamp instead of inferring policy from a price move or an old headline.
4. Label the comparison. Record the account-history window and time-zone conversion used for any before/after review.

None of this gives a guaranteed direction for USD, gold or stock indices. Reactions can depend on prior expectations and several parts of the communication. This guide does not recommend widening or removing protective orders, a news-entry strategy or a particular position size. Check the actual broker’s execution terms and the selected provider’s current account conditions.

What a Post-Event Account Review Can Establish

A closed-trade record can show the fills, reported outcomes and costs it actually contains. It does not by itself identify which announcement caused a trade outcome. Measuring execution slippage requires an appropriate requested or reference price plus the executed fill; closing P/L alone is insufficient. A balance history does not recover every floating-equity trough during an announcement.

If you compare several meetings, define the selection rule and review window before selecting outcomes, include losses and state the available sample. An attractive historical subset does not establish a reliable future edge or provider acceptance.

Current MyVeridex Scope

MyVeridex currently provides direct MT4 and MT5 account routes; the other named direct platform connections are unavailable. Statement import expects supported MetaTrader closed-transaction structures. A directory entry is not a completed test of every broker/server. A product verification badge is not an independent audit, proof of a trading edge or a guarantee that a prop firm or investor accepts a report.

Its statement-derived daily history reconstructs closed-trade balance rather than previously unobserved floating equity. The prop tracker uses selected settings and closed transactions; it does not enforce provider terms or provide live floating-loss protection. Journal notes should be saved, reloaded and reopened: a failed save can leave a local visible entry, and selected-trade linkage is not stored as a durable association. Keep a separate copy of important notes.

MyVeridex is account analytics, not a market-replay backtesting engine, news-execution system or independent strategy auditor. Its FOMC calendar page can be a navigation aid; the official Federal Reserve schedule remains the source for this article’s dates. Product scope was checked against current source on 16 October 2026; no broker or news-trading test is claimed.