Policy rate
5.5% → 0–0.25%
−538 bp · Jan 1998 – Dec 2011
Rate moves
10 hikes · 6 cuts
36 holds at their meetings
Dissents witnessed
23
at 18 of 49 meetings
Unanimous
63%
31 of 49 meetings
Recessions
2
2001 · 2007–09
US presidents
3
Clinton · G.W. Bush · Obama