Min Wei

In their time

Meetings by Chair

Bernanke5Yellen7Powell28

Policy rate

2% → 3.5–3.75%

+163 bp · Aug 2008 – Apr 2026

Rate moves

11 hikes · 4 cuts

25 holds at their meetings

Dissents witnessed

26

at 17 of 40 meetings

Unanimous

57%

23 of 40 meetings

Recessions

2

2007–09 · 2020

US presidents

4

G.W. Bush · Obama · Trump · Biden

In the room

• Economist, Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors2 meetingsAug 5, 2008 – Aug 11–12, 2009
• Senior Economist, Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors1 meetingMar 16, 2010
• Assistant Director, Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors3 meetingsMar 19–20, 2013 – Jun 17–18, 2014
• Deputy Associate Director, Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors8 meetingsJan 26–27, 2016 – Nov 7–8, 2018
• Associate Director, Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors8 meetingsDec 18–19, 2018 – Apr 27–28, 2021