Chair Powell's Calendar
February 2020
| February 3, Monday | |
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Phone call with Stephen Poloz, Governor, Bank of Canada |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Phone call with Agustin Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Phone call with Klaas Knot, Governor, Netherlands Bank |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Phone call with Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch with Dan Gallagher, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Location: B-4002 |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Phone call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Meeting with staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 4:50 PM – 5:00 PM | Personnel matter |
| February 4, Tuesday | |
| 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM | Breakfast with Jay Clayton, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Location: Metropolitan Club |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Phone call with Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Phone call with Alejandro Diaz de Leon, Governor, Bank of Mexico |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Phone call with Thomas Jordan, Chairman, Swiss National Bank |
| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Meeting Location: Board Room |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Lunch Location: Anteroom |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Meeting with Board member and staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Meeting with Bill Dudley, Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies |
| 7:45 PM – 8:15 PM | Phone call with Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, Bank of Japan |
| February 5, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Phone call with Yi Gang, Governor, The People's Bank of China |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Meeting with Board member |
| 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Board Meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Board lunch meeting with International Monetary Fund staff Location: B-4002 |
| 2:25 PM – 2:40 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Board Briefing Location: Board Room |
| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Federal Advisory Council Reception Location: Atrium |
| February 6, Thursday | |
| 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM | Breakfast with Secretary Mnuchin Location: Treasury |
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Phone call with Pierre Wunsch, Governor, National Bank of Belgium |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Federal Advisory Council Meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Federal Advisory Council Meeting Lunch Location: Anteroom |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Meeting with staff Location: Special Library |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Meeting with Congressman French Hill (AR) Location: Longworth House Office Building |
| February 7, Friday | |
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Phone call with Stefan Ingves, Governor, Bank of Sweden |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Phone call with Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Phone call with Andrew Bailey, CEO, Financial Conduct Authority |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Phone call with Francois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Bank of France |
| 12:40 PM – 1:10 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Meeting with Gina Raimondo, Governor, State of Rhode Island |
| 5:45 PM – 6:15 PM | Phone call with President Trump |
| February 10, Monday | |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Phone call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Economic and Financial Review Location: Board Room |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Meeting with Board members and staff Location: B-4002 |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Joint Center for Housing Studies Q&A discussion Location: Four Seasons Hotel |
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Meeting with staff Location: Anteroom |
| 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM | Phone call with Senator Mike Crapo (ID) |
| 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM | Phone call with Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) |
| 5:30 PM – 5:45 PM | Phone call with Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC) |
| February 11, Tuesday | |
| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the House Financial Services Committee Location: Rayburn House Office Building |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Meeting with staff Location: Anteroom |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Phone call with Roberto Campos Neto, President, Central Bank of Brazil |
| February 12, Wednesday | |
| 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM | The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Senate Banking Committee Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Phone call with Ben Edwards, Princeton University |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Meeting with staff Location: Anteroom |
| February 13, Thursday | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:35 AM | Breakfast with Secretary Mnuchin Location: B-4002 |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Meeting with Board member and staff Location: B-4002 |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Conference of Business Economists Location: Board Room |
| February 14, Friday | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Meeting with staff Location: Anteroom |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Meeting with Board member |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Meeting with Board member |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| February 17, Monday | |
| All Day | Board holiday - President's Day |
| February 18, Tuesday | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Meeting with staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Phone call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Meeting with staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 5:10 PM – 5:40 PM | Phone call with Roger Ferguson, President, The Business Council |
| February 19, Wednesday | |
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Meeting with staff |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Meeting with staff |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Council of Economic Advisers Luncheon Location: B-4002 |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Meeting with Fannie Mae leadership Location: Anteroom |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Meeting with Jamie Dimon, CEO and Jenn Peipszack, CFO, JPMorgan Chase Location: Anteroom |
| 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM | Meeting with media |
| February 20, Thursday | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Phone call with Agustin Carstin, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Meeting with staff |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Meeting with staff Location: Anteroom |
| 12:00 PM – 12:35 PM | Meeting with staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | The Business Council Meeting Location: Ritz-Carlton |
| February 21, Friday (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia local time) | |
| All day | No appointments scheduled |
| February 22, Saturday (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia local time) | |
| All Day | G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors Meeting Location: King Abdulaziz International Conference Center |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Meeting with Hyun Shin, Bank for International Settlements Location: Ritz Carlton Hotel |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Meeting with Juyeol Lee, Governor, Bank of Korea Location: King Abdulaziz International Conference Center |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Meeting with Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, Bank of Japan Location: King Abdulaziz International Conference Center |
| 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM – 2:10 PM | G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting - Opening Session |
| 2:10 PM – 3:40 PM | Session I: Global Economy |
| 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM | Session II: Enhancing Access to Opportunities |
| 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM | Meeting with Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England Location: King Abdulaziz International Conference Center |
| 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Cultural Program and Dinner |
| February 23, Sunday (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia local time) | |
| All Day | G20 – Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors Meeting Location: King Abdulaziz International Conference Center |
| 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM | G7 Meeting Location: Ritz-Carlton Hotel |
| 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Session III: Financial Resilience and Development |
| 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Session IV: Infrastructure Investment |
| 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM | BIS Board Administrative Committee meeting |
| 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Session V: International Taxation |
| 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Family photo and coffee break |
| 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM | Session VI: Financial Sector Issues |
| 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM | Communique sign-off and concluding remarks |
| 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Meeting with Christine Lagarde, President European Central Bank Location: King Abdulaziz International Conference Center |
| February 24, Monday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| February 25, Tuesday | |
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Meeting with staff Location: B-4001 |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Meeting with staff Location: B-4001 |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Meeting of Board members and staff with Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland at College Park; Janice Eberly, Northwestern University; Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations; Mark Gertler, New York University; John Leahy, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; and Rene Stulz, The Ohio University Location: Anteroom |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Federal Reserve New Directors Orientation Reception Location: Atrium |
| February 26, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast with Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency Location: B-4002 |
| 9:15 AM – 9:20 AM | Phone call with President Trump |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Meeting with staff Location: B-4003 |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Meeting with staff |
| 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM | Federal Reserve New Directors Orientation Location: Board Room |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Phone call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Meeting with media |
| 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM | Dinner with Congressman Denny Heck (WA) |
| February 27, Thursday | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Meeting with staff |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Meeting with staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch meeting with staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Phone call with Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England |
| 2:00 PM – 2:35 PM | Meeting with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM | Meeting with Congressman William Lacy Clay (MO) Location: Rayburn House Office Building |
| 5:00 PM – 5:10 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| February 28, Friday | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM | Breakfast with Secretary Mnuchin Location: B-4002 |
| 9:18 AM – 9:21 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 9:22 AM – 9:52 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Phone call with Andrew Bailey, CEO, Financial Conduct Authority |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Phone call with Christine Lagarde, President European Central Bank |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM | Meeting with staff Location: B-2047-A |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 2:10 PM – 2:15 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 2:15 PM – 2:25 PM | Phone call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 2:40 PM – 2:50 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 3:00 PM – 3:06 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 3:30 PM – 3:34 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Meeting with media |
| 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM | Phone call with Stephen Poloz, Governor, Bank of Canada |
| 6:00 PM – 6:10 PM | Phone call with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |