"The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is the group within the Federal Reserve that makes monetary policy decisions. The FOMC meets twice a year and each meeting lasts eight days." Are these two statements correct or incorrect? Why?

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The first statement is correct. The second statement is incorrect. It is indeed the case that the FOMC is the group within the Fed that makes monetary policy decisions. However the FOMC meets eight times a year, not twice. Of these eight meetings, six are for one day and two of the meetings last for two days.

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