The Federal Reserve (Fed) met for its latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on September 16-17, 2025. The meeting spanned two days, concluding with the rate decision announcement on September 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. UTC) followed by a press conference by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The Fed lowered the federal funds rate by a quarter point at this meeting, marking the first cut since December 2024.

Therefore, the next FOMC meeting after this will be in late October 2025, specifically on October 28-29, 2025.

In summary:

• Most recent meeting: September 16-17, 2025
• Next scheduled meeting: October 28-29, 2025

This schedule follows the Fed's usual pattern of meeting roughly every six weeks, eight times a year.