Fed sticks to four press conferences per year as 2019 schedule rolled out

A schedule for 2019 meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee show there's still four press conferences per year. There had been speculation the Fed would move to more frequent press conferences, since the central bank has only lifted interest rates this cycle when there's a press conference. Overall, there's 8 meetings for 2019, the schedule shows, the same number as in recent years.