Speech Calendar

1. Monday February 4: Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester to deliver a speech on economic outlook and monetary policy at the 50 Club of Cleveland Annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, followed by audience Q&A.
2. Wednesday February 6: Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles to deliver a speech about the Federal Reserve Stress Testing Conference at the Council for Economic Education Vantage Point Reception in New York, NY, with moderated Q&A.
3. Wednesday February 6: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to host a town hall meeting with educators from across the country joining him in the Board Room of the Federal Reserve Board's main building in Washington D.C. to participate via webcasts from Federal Reserve Bank offices throughout the country, with Q&A from both the in-person audience and participants at the Federal Reserve Bank offices.
4. Thursday February 7: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan to participate in a moderated Q&A at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Outlook Series in Dallas, TX.
5. Thursday February 7: Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Richard Clarida to present a research paper titled "The Global Factor in Neutral Policy Rates" at the Czech National Bank and Czech Economic Society academic seminar in Prague, with audience Q&A.
6. Thursday February 7: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard to deliver a presentation on the US economy and monetary policyat St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, followed by audience Q&A.
7. Friday February 8: San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly to participate in a moderated Q&A at the Bay Area Council Economic Institute's 12th Annual Economic Forecast Conference in San Francisco, CA.

Special Announcement

On Tuesday, February 5, in a special announcement Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Vice Chair Richard Clarida had dinner at the White House with President Trump and Treasury Secretary Munchin.

According to Bloomberg, Powell repeated that the "path of policy will depend entirely on incoming economic information" and its impact on employment and price stability. Powell told the president and the treasury secretary that the Fed will make decisions on monetary policy "based solely on careful, objective and non-political analysis."

Video Transcript

At risk of being exposed as a Russian spy, I happen to have a video of the event. It went like this.

Trump: You are not going to raise rates any more are you?

Powell: You know Mr. President, we are of course data dependent. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Trump: You sly dog you.

Top Secret Video

Just in case you think I am foolin', here is the top secret video as delivered to me by my Russian spy contacts.