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FOMC statement changes since 2020

Every FOMC statement Kresmion holds, newest first, compared word by word with the one before it. Each date opens that statement's record, with the full text marked up.

The FOMC statement of October 28, 2026 changed 23.0% of its words from the September 16, 2026 statement: 56 words added, 14 removed.

Kresmion compares each FOMC statement's published text with the previous FOMC statement, word by word, once, when the statement is stored: the share of words changed is one minus twice the words kept over the words of both texts, and the counts are the words removed from the earlier text and the words added in the later one. The texts themselves are shown as published on each record page.

As of . Source: www.federalreserve.gov: FOMC statement, October 28, 2026. Method and limitations.

FOMC statements

56 statements, newest first. Words changed: the share of words that differ from the previous statement. Added and removed: word counts.
MeetingWords changedAddedRemoved
vs Sep 16, 202623.0%5614
vs Jul 29, 202635.6%3571
vs Jun 17, 202614.1%393
vs Apr 29, 202689.8%107317
vs Mar 18, 202614.7%6530
vs Jan 28, 20266.7%2713
vs Dec 10, 202522.4%29123
vs Oct 29, 20259.6%4626
vs Sep 17, 202514.4%6635
vs Jul 30, 202516.4%5949
vs Jun 18, 202511.6%5121
vs May 7, 20257.6%1037
vs Mar 19, 202517.9%4083
vs Jan 29, 202516.0%8324
vs Dec 18, 202414.6%2867
vs Nov 7, 20245.6%325
vs Sep 18, 202411.3%1957
vs Jul 31, 202420.8%7376
vs Jun 12, 20247.9%3619
vs May 1, 20248.8%165
vs Mar 20, 202414.2%9113
vs Jan 31, 20241.2%17
vs Dec 13, 202332.4%101122
vs Nov 1, 20232.4%143
vs Sep 20, 20233.2%148
vs Jul 26, 20232.5%116
vs Jun 14, 20233.9%917
vs May 3, 20236.9%2818
vs Mar 22, 202312.1%2559
vs Feb 1, 202313.8%6432
vs Dec 14, 202213.3%2668
vs Nov 2, 20221.1%44
vs Sep 21, 202210.3%665
vs Jul 27, 20222.7%98
vs Jun 15, 202215.7%2681
vs May 4, 202219.4%7270
vs Mar 16, 202218.5%7557
vs Jan 26, 202245.8%137219
vs Dec 15, 202121.8%58149
vs Nov 3, 202119.8%66159
vs Sep 22, 202121.3%17365
vs Jul 28, 20215.2%3517
vs Jun 16, 20217.3%4228
vs Apr 28, 20215.7%2628
vs Mar 17, 20215.7%2529
vs Jan 27, 20215.3%2328
vs Dec 16, 20209.5%4942
vs Nov 5, 20206.4%3723
vs Sep 16, 202013.2%25108
vs Jul 29, 202049.9%298197
vs Jun 10, 20207.0%4120
vs Apr 29, 20206.3%2825
vs Mar 15, 202050.3%153392
vs Mar 3, 202079.9%58245
vs Jan 29, 202072.0%63250
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Method and limits

These are Kresmion's comparisons of texts the Federal Reserve published, computed by Kresmion, not by the Federal Reserve. Each row links to the record of that statement, with its full text marked up word by word against the one before it, its source time and its licence.

A statement the Fed changes in place after publication is kept as a second text and compared with the first. A row with no numbers has no comparison stored yet, or is the first statement Kresmion holds.

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (federalreserve.gov). Public domain.

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Kresmion compares each FOMC statement's published text with the previous FOMC statement, word by word, once, when the statement is stored: the share of words changed is one minus twice the words kept over the words of both texts, and the counts are the words removed from the earlier text and the words added in the later one. The texts themselves are shown as published on each record page.

Upstream: www.federalreserve.gov: FOMC statement, October 28, 2026, Federal Reserve, FOMC meeting calendars and statements

Kresmion, "FOMC statement changes since 2020", data as of 2026-10-28, https://kresmion.com/record/statements/fed. Upstream data: www.federalreserve.gov: FOMC statement, October 28, 2026; Federal Reserve, FOMC meeting calendars and statements.

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