Giovanni Olivei

In their time

Meetings by Chair

Bernanke9Yellen6Powell18

Policy rate

2.25% → 3.5–3.75%

+138 bp · Mar 2008 – Jan 2026

Rate moves

10 hikes · 2 cuts

20 holds at their meetings

Dissents witnessed

16

at 12 of 32 meetings

Unanimous

63%

20 of 32 meetings

Recessions

2

2007–09 · 2020

US presidents

4

G.W. Bush · Obama · Trump · Biden

In the room

• Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston21 meetingsMar 18, 2008 – Dec 15–16, 2020
• Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston12 meetingsMar 16–17, 2021 – Jan 27–28, 2026