US Fed Meeting October 2026: Date & Time, When & Where To Watch Kevin Warsh's Speech? FOMC Policy Preview

The US Federal Reserve is going to announce its policy rate decision on October 28, 2026. In Indian standard time, the Fed policy will be out later in the night. The US stock futures traded mixed with the Dow Jones under pressure, while Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures gained significantly. The market predicts a pause in rates on Wednesday after the Fed hiked federal fund interest rates by 25 basis points for the first time in 3 years in the previous policy. At present, Fed rates are in the range of 3.75% to 4%.

US Fed meeting October 2026 Date & Time

The policy meeting began on October 27 and continued to two-days straight. The decision is expected on October 28.

The decision will be out at 2:00 pm Eastern Time (ET) followed by press conference of Fed's chair Kevin Warsh at 2:30 pm ET on October 28, 2026.

In Indian standard time zones, the policy statement will be released at 11:30 PM on October 28, 2026, and the press conference would be held at 12:00 midnight of October 29, 2026.

US Fed meeting October 2026: Where To Watch

For the policy statement, investors can get the full details from US Federal Reserve's official website:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/

You can also watch the press conference live on Fed's official youtube channel and X handler. Links are below:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@federalreserve/videos

X: https://x.com/federalreserve?lang=en

US Fed meeting October 2026 expectations

Despite hot inflation prints in September and the Fed having signalled that further action to tame inflation will likely be needed, markets and economists are united in expecting the central bank to leave interest rates on hold at the 28 October FOMC meeting. Ongoing concerns about elevated price pressures mean we do expect a December interest rate rise, as per economists at ING.

They added, "We are forecasting a 25bp rate hike at the December meeting (leaving the Fed funds target rate range at 4-4.25%) followed by a prolonged pause through to December 2027, when we have that December 2026 hike being reversed. This is in line with the current consensus forecast, while the Fed's own projections (its central forecast) see one hike this year with rates left unchanged throughout 2027."

The ING's note highlighted that a solid performance for US Treasuries in the past week has acted to reduce the prior tightening impulse that had gripped the market. The 10yr yield below 5% obviously contrasts dramatically with the prior break above 5.25%. We're not convinced the more recent downward lurch is persisting. But its genesis lends itself to a softer approach from the FOMC at this meeting.

Apart from this, ING's economists believe we are likely still some way from the Fed spelling out a plan to shrink its balance sheet, which we know remains a policy objective for Chair Warsh. They expect recommendations from the various committees to surface closer to the turn of the year. Meanwhile, liquidity circumstances are stable, with repo behaving far better than it did a year ago.

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