Chair Powell's calendar
February 2025
| February 1, Saturday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 3, Monday | |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Call with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank (ECB) Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Jim Banks (IN) and staff Location: Russell Senate Office Building |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Andy Kim (NJ) and staff Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Tina Smith (MN) and staff Location: Hart Senate Office Building |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Cynthia Lummis (WY) and staff Location: Russell Senate Office Building |
| 6:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Angela Alsobrooks (MD) and staff Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building |
| February 4, Tuesday | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Meeting with Peter Orszag, CEO and Chairman, Lazard Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Call with Senator Bernie Moreno (OH) |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with Darryl White, CEO, BMO Financial Group; Darrel Hackett, U.S. CEO, BMO Financial Corp.; Tim Cox, U.S. General Counsel and Chief Regulatory Officer, BMO; and staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) and staff Location: Russell Senate Office Building |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Jack Reed (RI) and staff Location: Hart Senate Office Building |
| 3:35 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Call with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Kevin Cramer (ND) and staff Location: Hart Senate Office Building |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Katie Boyd Britt (AL) and staff Location: Hart Senate Office Building |
| February 5, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Senator Bill Cassidy (LA) Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Call with Senator Bill Hagerty (TN) |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Call with Senator Ruben Gallego (AZ) |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Call with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Call with Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with media Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with Philip Lane, Executive Board Member, ECB Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Thom Tillis (NC) and staff Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Federal Advisory Council reception Location: Martin Building Terrace |
| 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 6, Thursday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Federal Advisory Council meeting Location: Board Room |
| 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Call with Senator Raphael Warnock (GA) |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Seiji Imai, Chairman, Mizuho Financial Group, and staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Call with Senator Mark Warner (VA) |
| February 7, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Call with Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE) |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. | Stop by College Fed Challenge open house Location: Martin Building Podium |
| February 8, Saturday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Call with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Call with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA) |
| February 10, Monday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Call with Senator Tim Scott (SC) |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Call with Congressman French Hill (AR) |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Call with Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Call with Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH) |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Call with Senator John Kennedy (LA) |
| 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Call with Congressman Frank Lucas (OK) |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Call with Senator Mike Crapo (ID) |
| 6:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Call with Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) |
| February 11, Tuesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress Location: Hart Senate Office Building |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Call with Congressman Juan Vargas (CA) |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Call with Congressman Andy Barr (KY) |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Call with Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI) |
| February 12, Wednesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | U.S. House Financial Services Committee Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress Location: Rayburn House Office Building |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Weekly meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| February 13, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Board member Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google; Anne Wall, Head of U.S. Federal Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| February 14, Friday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Call with Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 17, Monday | |
| All Day | Board holiday—Presidents’ Day |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 18, Tuesday | |
| 6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | BIS Innovation Hub Advisory Committee virtual meeting |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Board meeting Location: Board Room |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Call with media |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Meeting with media Location: Chair’s office |
| February 19, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Treasury |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Monthly Board member and staff lunch Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:05 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-P810 |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Susan Collins (ME) Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building |
| February 20, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-3812 |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with Ted Pick, Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley, and staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Call with Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister of Finance, Sweden |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Call with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Meeting with the Business Council Location: Washington, DC |
| 6:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| February 21, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Meeting with Charles Scharf, CEO, Wells Fargo Location: Chair’s office |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-P210/P290 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| February 24, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-P210/290 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 25, Tuesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| February 26, Wednesday (Cape Town, South Africa, local time) | |
| All Day | G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Bilateral meeting with Jörg Kukies, Minister of Finance, Germany, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Sanjay Malhotra, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Eric Lombard, Minister of Finance, France, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| February 27, Thursday (Cape Town, South Africa, local time) | |
| All Day | G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 6:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 9:10 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. | Bilateral meeting with Kazuo Ueda, Governor, Bank of Japan, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Bilateral meeting with Martin Schlegel, Chairman, Swiss National Bank, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Bilateral meeting with François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Bank of France, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Bilateral meeting with Michele Bullock, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Chang Yong Rhee, Governor, Bank of Korea, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Joachim Nagel, President, Deutsche Bundesbank, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Trilateral meeting with Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England; and Christine Lagarde, President, ECB Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Tiff Macklem, Governor, Bank of Canada, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. | Dinner with Michele Bullock, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia; Tiff Macklem, Governor, Bank of Canada; Bank of Canada staff; and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| February 28, Friday (Cape Town, South Africa, local time) | |
| All Day | BIS meetings Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Fabio Panetta, Governor, Bank of Italy, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Economic Consultative Committee (ECC) meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | ECC Governors dinner Location: Cape Town, South Africa |