Chair Powell's calendar
May 2025
| May 1, Thursday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.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. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| May 2, Friday | |
| 8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 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. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| May 5, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President Location: Chair's office |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President Location: Chair's office |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 6:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. | Dinner with Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Location: Washington, DC |
| May 6, Tuesday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting Location: Board Room |
| May 7, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 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 |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| May 8, Thursday | |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Call with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent |
| May 9, Friday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with media Location: Chair's office |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with National Association of Home Builders Location: Board Room |
| May 10, Saturday (Basel, Switzerland local time) | |
| 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Dinner with Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank; Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England; Tiff Macklem, Governor, Bank of Canada; and staff Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| May 11, Sunday (Basel, Switzerland local time) | |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Agustin Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and staff Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Martin Schlegel, Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank, and staff Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Alyman Al-Sayari, Governor, Saudi Central Bank, and staff Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | BIS Innovation Hub Advisory Committee Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 7:10 p.m. – 8:10 p.m. | Economic Consultative Committee (ECC) Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 8:10 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | ECC dinner Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| May 12, Monday (Basel, Switzerland local time) | |
| 9:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Global Economy meeting Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | G-7 Central Bank Governors’ meeting Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | All Governors' meeting Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Board of Directors meeting Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| 4:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Governors and Heads of Supervision meeting Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| May 13, Tuesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| May 14, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 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 |
| May 15, Thursday | |
| All Day | Thomas Laubach Research Conference Location: Martin Building Podium Level |
| May 16, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Thomas Laubach Research Conference Location: Martin Building Podium Level |
| 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 |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| May 19, Monday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Call with media |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Board meeting Location: Board Room |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2812 |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| May 20, Tuesday (Banff, Canada – local time) | |
| All Day | G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting Location: Banff, Canada |
| May 21, Wednesday | |
| All Day | G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting Location: Banff, Canada |
| May 22, Thursday | |
| All Day | G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting Location: Banff, Canada |
| May 23, Friday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 12:40 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| May 25, Sunday | |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Remarks at Princeton University Baccalaureate Ceremony Location: Princeton, NJ |
| May 26, Monday | |
| All Day | Board holiday – Memorial Day |
| May 27, Tuesday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Board member Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Board Meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Location: IMF |
| 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 |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| May 28, Wednesday | |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with Robin Vince, CEO, Bank of New York Mellon Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 6:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Federal Advisory Council dinner Location: Washington, DC |
| May 29, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Treasury |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Federal Advisory Council meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. | Meeting with President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett Location: White House |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| May 30, Friday | |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Meeting with Tim Spence, CEO, Fifth Third Bancorp Location: Martin Building-T120 |