Chair Powell's calendar
December 2021
| December 1, Wednesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | House Financial Services Committee CARES Act Hearing Location: Rayburn House Office Building |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Board member |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Mike Crapo (ID) |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Phone call with Chairman Jelena McWilliams, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Dinner with Federal Advisory Council |
| December 2, Thursday | |
| 7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Location: Treasury |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Federal Advisory Council virtual meeting |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Meeting with Acting Comptroller Mike Hsu, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Location: B-2047-A |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with media |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Gary Gensler, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| December 3, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Phone call with Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Phone call with media |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Federal Reserve Special Achievement Award virtual ceremony |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Phone call with media |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Fed Up organization |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| December 6, Monday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Phone call with Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, FDIC, and staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual Board meeting |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| December 7, Tuesday | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | BIS Innovation Hub Advisory Committee virtual meeting |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Phone call with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Phone call with Senator Steve Daines (MT) |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Gary Gensler, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Meeting with Senator Cynthia Lummis (WY) Location: Russell Senate Office Building |
| December 8, Wednesday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Phone call with Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, FDIC, and staff |
| 9:00 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. | Phone call with Senator Bill Hagerty (TN) |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Jack Reed (RI) |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Mike Braun (IN) |
| 4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Brian Schatz (HI) |
| December 9, Thursday | |
| 7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Location: B-4002 |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 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 Board member |
| 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 |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Todd Young (IN) |
| December 10, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Virtual meeting with Interim 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 Interim Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| December 13, Monday | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors virtual meeting |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| December 14, Tuesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) virtual meeting |
| December 15, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | FOMC virtual meeting |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | FOMC virtual press conference |
| December 16, Thursday | |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| December 17, Friday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Financial Stability Oversight Council virtual meeting |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member and staff |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen |
| December 20, Monday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Phone call with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| December 21, Tuesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Phone call with Senator Kevin Cramer (ND) |
| December 22, Wednesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 23, Thursday | |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| December 24, Friday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 27, Monday – December 28, Tuesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 29, Wednesday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Phone call with Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Virtual meeting with Board member |
| December 30, Thursday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 31, Friday, | |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Phone call with Chairman Jelena McWilliams, FDIC |