Press Release

February 05, 2018 Jerome H. Powell sworn in as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System For immediate release Share Accessible Keys for Video [Space Bar] toggles play/pause; [Right/Left Arrows] seeks the video forwards and back (5 sec ); [Up/Down Arrows] increase/decrease volume; [M] toggles mute on/off; [F] toggles fullscreen on/off (Except IE 11); The [Tab] key may be used in combination with the [Enter/Return] key to navigate and activate control buttons, such as caption on/off. Vice Chairman for Supervision Quarles swears in Jerome H. Powell as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Click here for more high-resolution photos Jerome H. Powell on Monday took the oath of office as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, succeeding Janet L. Yellen. The oath was administered by Vice Chairman Randal K. Quarles in the Board Room. President Trump announced his intention to nominate Mr. Powell to be the Chairman of the Board of Governors on November 2, 2017, and the Senate confirmed him on January 23, 2018, following a hearing by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on November 28, 2017. Prior to his appointment as Chairman, Mr. Powell served as a member of the Board of Governors. Mr. Powell's term as Chairman is four years; his term as a member of the Board ends January 31, 2028. A biography of Mr. Powell is available on the Board's website: www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/board/powell.htm . For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955. Transcript (PDF)

Federal Reserve (2018, February 4). Press Release. Press Releases, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/press_release_20180205_agencies_seek_comment_on_proposed_amendments_to

@misc{wtfs_press_release_20180205_agencies_seek_comment_on_proposed_amendments_to,
  author = {Federal Reserve},
  title = {Press Release},
  year = {2018},
  month = {Feb},
  howpublished = {Press Releases, Federal Reserve},
  url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/press_release_20180205_agencies_seek_comment_on_proposed_amendments_to},
  note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}