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Jerome Hayden " Jay " Powell (born February 4, 1953) is an American attorney and investment banker who has served since 2018 as the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve . After earning a degree in politics from Princeton University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979, [2] he moved to investment banking in 1984 ...
As President-elect Joe Biden announced his picks for the Cabinet, the joke went around on Jewish Twitter that the West Wing would have a minyan. Indeed, at least 10 prominent Jews have been ...
Mr. Powell also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policymaking body. Mr. Powell has served as a member of the Board of Governors since taking office on May 25, 2012, to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed to the Board and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a term ending January 31, 2028.
Powell’s career in finance also made him the wealthiest Fed chair nominee since 1948, The Washington Post reported in 2017. At that time, Powell was worth between $19.7 million and $55 million ...
Jerome Powell is an American former lawyer and former investment banker, who has been serving as the 16th chair of the 'Federal Reserve System' since February 2018. He is the first ‘Federal Reserve’ chairman who does not have a degree in economics.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell about the economic recovery. Here, their full Morning Edition conversation.
Powell was born into an affluent Catholic family in Washington, D.C. His mother was a statistician and his father was a labor lawyer; they had six children, of which Jay was the second oldest.
