The action yesterday came just two weeks before the Fed policy makers gather in Washington for one of their periodic meetings.

He rarely leaves, except to sleep or fly by helicopter for periodic meetings with senior officers.

They hold periodic meetings and host work days to better the park.

Local chapters host periodic meetings, usually monthly, for educational and networking purposes.

Its needs are often modest: a new set of teams to bring isolated groups together, some communications tools, a small budget for periodic face-to-face meetings.

Interest rate policy is made at periodic meetings in Washington.

At the least, he said, his office could help arrange periodic meetings of the major charitable groups.

Plant people hold periodic meetings to discuss quality.

The agency also now holds periodic meetings with industry executives to discuss ways in which the approval process can be improved.

So the absence of any such deal was another sign that these periodic meetings play a dwindling role in international monetary policy.