Chair Powell's calendar
December 2020
| December 1, Tuesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Senate Banking Committee Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act quarterly report hearing Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| December 2, Wednesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | House Financial Services Committee Pandemic Response Oversight hearing Location: Rayburn House Office Building |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Virtual Federal Reserve Staff Holiday Event |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Martha McSally (AZ) |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| December 3, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Phone call with Agustin Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Federal Advisory Council virtual meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Financial Stability Oversight Council virtual meeting |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| December 4, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Conference call with Lisa Cook, Gary Gensler, Adrienne Harris, and Lev Menand, Biden/Harris transition team |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call withe Board member |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Doug Jones (AL) |
| December 7, Monday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | G7 Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors virtual meeting |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual Board meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Conference call with Don Graves and Gary Gensler, Biden/Harris transition team |
| December 8, Tuesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Senator Lamar Alexander (TN) Location: B-2047-A |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| December 9, Wednesday | |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| December 10, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| December 11, Friday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Phone call with Congressman Denny Heck (WA) |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| December 14, Monday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| December 15, Tuesday | |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Virtual Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting |
| December 16, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual FOMC Meeting |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual FOMC Press Conference Location: Federal Reserve studio |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Phone call with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) |
| December 17, Thursday | |
| 7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Conference call with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual Board meeting |
| 11:05 a.m. – 11:23 a.m. | Phone call with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) |
| 11:23 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Phone call with Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee Senior Leaders' meeting |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | President's Working Group Teleconference |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| December 18, Friday | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | BIS Innovation Hub Advisory Committee Meeting |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Photo op with media Location: Federal Reserve Board |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Conference call with Board member and staff |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. | Phone call with Senate Majority Leader McConnell (KY) |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Phone call with media |
| 11:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank Director |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Larry Kudlow, Director, National Economic Council Location: B-2047-A |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) |
| 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Virtual swearing in for new Board member Christopher Waller |
| December 19, Saturday | |
| 5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| December 21, Monday | |
| 1:40 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:13 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Phone call with Mark Calabria, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency |
| December 22, Tuesday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Phone call with Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| December 23, Wednesday | |
| All day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 24, Thursday | |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| December 25, Friday | |
| All Day | Board Holiday – Christmas Day |
| December 28, Monday | |
| All day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 29, Tuesday | |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| December 30, Wednesday | |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Phone call with media |
| December 31, Thursday | |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |