Chair Powell's calendar
May 2020
| May 1, Friday | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Phone call with Murat Uysay, Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Phone call with Senator Mike Crapo (ID) |
| May 4, Monday | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Phone call with Agustin Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements |
| 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Phone call with Board member |
| 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Phone call with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA) |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Virtual Board meeting |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 5, Tuesday | |
| 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Bank for International Settlements Economic Consultative Committee call |
| 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Virtual Board briefing |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | House Republican conference call with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA), Conference Chair Liz Cheney (WY), Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (NC), Whip Steve Scalise (LA), Deputy Whip Drew Ferguson (GA) |
| 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Tech CEO Council videoconference with Michael Dell, Dell Technologies; Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm; Ginni Rometty, IBM; Enrique Lores, HP Inc.; Safra Katz, Oracle |
| May 6, Wednesday | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Conference of Chairs virtual meeting |
| 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Conference call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 7, Thursday | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Phone call with Secretary Mnuchin |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Federal Advisory Council virtual meeting |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Phone call with media |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Virtual Board meeting |
| 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM | Phone call with Senator John Hoeven (ND) |
| 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 8, Friday | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Conference call with Board members |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Phone call with Juan Jose Echavarria, Governor, Central Bank of Colombia |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Conference call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Conference call with FR Bank President and staff |
| 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Phone call with Secretary Mnuchin |
| May 11, Monday | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Phone call with Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Phone call with Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| May 12, Tuesday | |
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Virtual Bank for International Settlements Board meeting |
| 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM | Phone call with Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Phone call with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA) |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Meeting with Board member |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| May 13, Wednesday | |
| 8:40 AM – 9:40 AM | Webcast Remarks hosted by Peterson Institute for International Economics Location: Federal Reserve Board studio |
| 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Photo shoot with TIME magazine Location: Federal Reserve Eccles Building |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Phone call with Senators Brian Schatz (HI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Phone call with Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | 60 Minutes Interview Location: Board Room |
| 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM | Phone call with Secretary Mnuchin |
| May 14, Thursday | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Phone call with Secretary Mnuchin |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Virtual Community Advisory Council briefing |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Financial Stability Oversight Council virtual meeting |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| May 15, Friday | |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Conference call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 1:10 PM – 1:25 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 5:20 PM – 6:20 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 18, Monday | |
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Virtual Board meeting |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Federal Advisory Council virtual meeting |
| 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Phone call with Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) |
| 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM | Phone call with Senator Mike Crapo (ID) |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 19, Tuesday | |
| 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Virtual Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| May 20, Wednesday | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Phone call with Senator John Kennedy (LA) |
| 3:20 PM – 3:45 PM | Conference call with Senator Marco Rubio (FL) |
| 3:50 PM – 4:20 PM | Virtual meeting with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Virtual meeting with Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 21, Thursday | |
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Phone call with Board member |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Board meeting conference call |
| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM | The Federal Reserve Board Listens: WebEx: How is COVID-19 Affecting Your Community? with Board members, staff and Janie Barrera, President and CEO, LiftFund; Amanda Cage, President and CEO, National Fund for Workforce Solutions; Joanne Chang, Owner, Flour Bakery and Myers+Chang; Pat Dujakovich, President, Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO; Aaron Gornstein, President and CEO, Preservation of Affordable Housing; Nancy LeaMond, Executive Vice President of the Community State and National Group and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer, AARP; Juan Salgado, Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago; Bobby Ukrop, President and CEO, Ukrop Homestyle Foods; Darrin Williams, CEO, Southern Bancorp, Inc. |
| 4:00 PM – 4:10 PM | Record good-bye video for Stephen Poloz, Governor, Bank of Canada Location: Board Studio |
| 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM | Phone call with media |
| 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 6:00 PM – 6:15 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| May 22, Friday | |
| 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Virtual Global Economy Meeting |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Phone call with Secretary Mnuchin |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Phone call with media |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Phone call with Board member |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Phone call with Comptroller Joseph Otting, OCC |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 23, Saturday | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| May 24, Sunday | |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 25, Monday | |
| All Day | Board Holiday - Memorial Day |
| May 26, Tuesday | |
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Phone call with Board member and FR Bank President |
| 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Conference call with staff |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Phone call Senator James Lankford (OK) |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Phone call with Alan Blinder, Princeton University |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Phone call with FR Bank President |
| May 27, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Phone call with Senator Cory Gardner (CO) |
| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee virtual meeting |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Phone call with staff |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Conference call with Secretary Mnuchin and staff |
| May 28, Thursday | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Phone call with Secretary Mnuchin |
| 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Phone call with media |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | American Bankers Association’s Economic Advisory Committee Virtual meeting |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| May 29, Friday | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 2020 Princeton Reunions Virtual Talk Location: Board Studio |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Staff member’s virtual retirement |
| 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Conference call with staff |
| May 30, Saturday | |
| 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Conference call with staff |