Chair Powell's calendar
March 2025
| March 1, Saturday (Cape Town, South Africa, local time) | |
| All Day | Bank for International Settlements (BIS) March meetings Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Meeting with Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore; Monetary Authority of Singapore staff; and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Bilateral meeting with Erik Thedéen, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank, and staff Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 9:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Global Economy meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Board of Directors meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | All Governor's meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| 4:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | BIS meeting Location: Cape Town, South Africa |
| March 3, Monday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| March 4, Tuesday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| 1:10 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with media Location: Chair's office |
| March 5, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Call with media |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Meeting with Ethan Mollick, Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Board members; and staff Location: Martin Building-3212 |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Michael Hsu, former acting comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with media Location: Chair's office |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board members; International Monetary Fund staff; and staff |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| March 6, Thursday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with American Bankers Association Economic Advisory Committee Location: Board Room |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| March 7, Friday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with media Location: New York, NY |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Speech at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business 2025 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum Location: New York, NY |
| March 10, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Board meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank Presidents |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Congressman Frank Lucas (OK) Location: Rayburn House Office Building |
| March 11, Tuesday | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Meeting with media Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2812 |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2812 |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| March 12, Wednesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-3212 |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| March 13, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| March 14, Friday | |
| 8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member 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 Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President and staff |
| March 17, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President Location: Chair's office |
| March 18, Tuesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting Location: Board Room |
| March 19, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | FOMC meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | FOMC press conference Location: Press room |
| March 20, Thursday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Financial Stability Oversight Council Principals briefing Location: Treasury |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Call with Ben Bernanke, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 8:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. | Call with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA) |
| March 21, Friday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Board meeting Location: Board Room |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| March 24, Monday | |
| 11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Board members and staff Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Personnel matter Location: Chair's office |
| March 25, Tuesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Staff recognition event Location: Martin Conference Center |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Meeting with Jim Fitterling, CEO, The Dow Chemical Company; Kevin Kolevar, Vice President of Global Policy and Government Affairs, The Dow Chemical Company; Louis Vega, President, Dow North America; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 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 Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| March 26, Wednesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-M-2812 |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Board member Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with media Location: Press room |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Douglas Elliott, Partner, Oliver Wyman Location: Chair's office |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Congressman Byron Donalds (FL) and staff Location: Longworth House Office Building |
| March 27, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Treasury |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with Andrew Cecere, Chairman and CEO, U.S. Bancorp; Gunjan Kedia, President, U.S. Bancorp; U.S. Bancorp staff; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Jeremy Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics, Harvard University; and Anil Kashyap, Stevens Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Finance, University of Chicago Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| March 28, Friday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Board member Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Meeting with Jörg Kukies, Minister of Finance, Germany; Heiko Thoms, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany; Andreas Michaelis, German Ambassador to the United States; Wolfgang Schmidt, Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Federal Chancellery; German Federal Ministry of Finance staff; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with Colm Kelleher, Chairman, UBS Group AG; Michael Held, Head of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs, UBS Americas; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| March 31, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Virtual briefing with Board members and staff |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Brian Armstrong, CEO, Coinbase; Faryar Shirzad, Chief Policy Officer, Coinbase; Scott Bauguess, Vice President of Global Regulatory Policy, Coinbase; Pat Toomey, member, Global Advisory Council, Coinbase; and staff Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |