US Economic Perspectives: Warsh floats changes to Fed calendar

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US Economic Perspectives: Warsh floats changes to Fed calendar

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Warsh floats changes to Fed calendar Americas

Amanda Wilcox

Economist

amanda.wilcox@ubs.com

Chairman reportedly suggested holding fewer meetings at the July FOMC

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According to the New York Times this afternoon (link here), Chairman Warsh is

Jonathan Pinglereportedly considering reducing the number of regularly scheduled FOMC decision-

making meetings, which are currently held eight times a year. According to "four people

jonathan.pingle@ubs.com

with knowledge of the discussion who were not authorized to speak publicly," Warsh +1-212-713 2225

raised the idea of changing the frequency of the meetings at this week's July

Alan DetmeisterFOMC meeting. The Fed reportedly declined to comment.

alan.detmeister@ubs.com

The article noted that the Chairman suggested that a revised schedule could be decided +1-212-713 1222

on or before the Fed's next decision-making meeting, currently scheduled for Abigail Watt

September 15 and 16. According to the people cited in the article, "At the meeting this Economist

week, Mr. Warsh spoke about the legal authorities the Fed must abide by regarding the abigail.watt@ubs.com

minimum number of meetings it needs to hold in a year and the timeline for such a +1-212-882 6929

change … Mr. Warsh, the people said, asked officials to reach out to him with their Jalen Nichols

thoughts instead of having a full discussion of the meeting calendar at this week’s Economist

gathering." The Fed's meeting dates are publicly available on its website (link here), jalen.nichols@ubs.com

through January 2028, but also specifies, "Each meeting date is tentative until +1-212-882 6905