Chair Powell's calendar
October 2025
| October 1, Wednesday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Treasury |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. | Mid-Service Program for Experienced Reserve Bank Directors Location: Martin Building-P290 |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Meeting with Stephen Squeri, CEO, American Express; American Express staff; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with Robin Vince, CEO, BNY; BNY staff; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| October 2, Thursday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| October 3, Friday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| October 6, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Board meeting Location: Board Room |
| 12:05 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:30 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:45 p.m. – 12:55 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff 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 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. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| October 7, Tuesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| October 8, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2812 |
| 5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Meeting with Federal Reserve Bank Directors Location: Cleveland, OH |
| 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Dinner with Federal Reserve Bank Directors and staff Location: Cleveland, OH |
| October 9, Thursday | |
| All Day | Visit to Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Location: Cleveland, OH |
| October 10, Friday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Call with Tom Beers, Executive Director, National Association for Business Economics; Emily Kolinski Morris, Chief Economist, Ford Motor Company; and staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| October 13, Monday | |
| All Day | Board holiday—Columbus Day |
| October 14, Tuesday | |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Remarks at National Association for Business Economics annual meeting Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| October 15, Wednesday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Meeting with media Location: Chair's office |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Board meeting Location: Board Room |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Meeting with Colm Kelleher, Chairman, UBS; UBS staff; and staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Meeting with Charlie Scharf, CEO, Wells Fargo Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 4:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Location: International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| 6:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Tiff Macklem, Governor, Bank of Canada, and staff Location: IMF |
| 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors dinner Location: IMF |
| October 16, Thursday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Economic Consultative Committee breakfast Location: IMF |
| 9:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Location: IMF |
| 12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Joachim Nagel, President, Deutsche Bundesbank, and staff Location: IMF |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Martin Schlegel, Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank, and staff Location: IMF |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Meeting with Jan Hatzius, Chief Economist, Goldman Sachs Location: IMF |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Pablo Hernandez de Cos, General Manager, BIS, and staff Location: IMF |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Paschal Donohoe, former Minister of Finance, Ireland, and President, Eurogroup, and staff Location: IMF |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Bilateral meeting with Chang Yong Rhee, Governor, Bank of Korea, and staff Location: IMF |
| October 17, Friday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| October 20, Monday | |
| 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 |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Mike Rounds (SD) and staff Location: Hart Senate Office Building |
| October 21, Tuesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent 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 |
| October 22, Wednesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-2212 |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Mike Crapo (ID) and staff Location: U.S. Capitol |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) and staff Location: Hart Senate Office Building |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Meeting with Senator John Kennedy (LA) and staff Location: Russell Senate Office Building |
| October 23, Thursday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 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 |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| October 24, 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 |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Phone call with Paul Atkins, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair's office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Board meeting Location: Board Room |
| 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 |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 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 |
| October 27, Monday | |
| 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: Martin Building-4212 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President Location: Chair's office |
| October 28, Tuesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting Location: Board Room |
| October 29, 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 |
| October 30, 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-2212 |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair's office |
| October 31, Friday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Meeting with Daniel Tarullo, Nomura Professor of International Financial Regulatory Practice, Harvard Law School Location: Chair's office |