Chair Powell's calendar
February 2026
| February 2, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Board Meeting Location: Board Room |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Dinner with Senator Jack Reed (RI) Location: Washington, D.C. |
| February 3, Tuesday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Federal Reserve’s K Street office building |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Council of Economic Advisers and Board members Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Meeting with Seiji Imai, Chairman, Mizuho Financial Group; Mizuho Financial Group staff; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Federal Advisory Council Dinner Location: Washington, D.C. |
| February 4, Wednesday | |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| February 5, Thursday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Federal Advisory Council Meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Don Kohn, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with Conference of Business Economists Location: Board Room |
| 4:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| February 6, Friday | |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 9, Monday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Board Meeting Location: Board Room |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| February 10, Tuesday | |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 11, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Board members and staff Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2812 |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 12, Thursday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| February 13, Friday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| February 16, Monday | |
| All Day | Board holiday – Presidents’ Day |
| February 17, Tuesday | |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 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 |
| February 18, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements, and staff |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| February 19, Thursday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Call with media |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-P290 |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| February 20, Friday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| February 23, Monday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Meeting with Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank Location: Washington, D.C. |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| February 24, Tuesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Ben Bernanke, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-P210/290 |
| February 25, Wednesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-P210/P290 |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-P810 |
| 2:05 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | U.S. Article IV concluding meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund; International Monetary Fund staff; and staff Location: Board Room |
| February 26, Thursday | |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with Robin Vince, CEO, BNY Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| February 27, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Meeting with the Business Council Location: Washington, D.C. |