Todd E. Clark

In their time

Meetings by Chair

Bernanke8Yellen9Powell7

Policy rate

1.5% → 5.25–5.5%

+388 bp · Oct 2008 – May 2024

Rate moves

4 hikes · 1 cut

19 holds at their meetings

Dissents witnessed

8

at 7 of 24 meetings

Unanimous

71%

17 of 24 meetings

Recessions

2

2007–09 · 2020

US presidents

4

G.W. Bush · Obama · Trump · Biden

In the room

• Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City5 meetingsOct 28–29, 2008 – Nov 2–3, 2010
• Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland10 meetingsNov 1–2, 2011 – May 2–3, 2017
• Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland9 meetingsDec 12–13, 2017 – Apr 30 – May 1, 2024