Policy rate
5.5% → 0–0.25%
−538 bp · Feb 1998 – Jun 2011
Rate moves
23 hikes · 24 cuts
61 holds at their meetings
Dissents witnessed
35
at 31 of 104 meetings
Unanimous
70%
73 of 104 meetings
Recessions
2
2001 · 2007–09
US presidents
3
Clinton · G.W. Bush · Obama