Chair Powell's calendar
December 2025
| December 1, Monday (California local time) | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast with Jonathan Levin, President, Stanford University Location: Stanford, CA |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Remarks at George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series Location: Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| December 2, Tuesday | |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| December 3, Wednesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Call with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent |
| 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 |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T140 |
| December 4, Thursday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Board staff recognition ceremony Location: Martin Building-P810 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-4212 |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| December 5, 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 |
| 11:15 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. – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting with Board member Location: Chair’s office |
| 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 8, Monday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 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 |
| December 9, Tuesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | FOMC Meeting Location: Board Room |
| December 10, 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 |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| December 11, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Location: Martin Building-T120 |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Martin Building-T150 |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff Location: Chair’s office |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting Location: Treasury |
| December 12, Friday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 15, Monday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 16, Tuesday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| December 17, Wednesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 18, Thursday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 19, Friday | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Virtual G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting |
| December 22, Monday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| December 23, Tuesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 24, Wednesday | |
| All Day | Federal government closed |
| December 25, Thursday | |
| All Day | Board holiday – Christmas Day |
| December 26, Friday | |
| All Day | Federal government closed |
| December 29, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Virtual meeting with staff |
| December 30, Tuesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |
| December 31, Wednesday | |
| All Day | No appointments scheduled |