Fed's Warsh Weighs Fewer Policy Meetings
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- Kevin Warsh is reportedly weighing whether the Federal Reserve should hold fewer policy meetings each year
- The source notes that cutting the Fed's meeting schedule would be the biggest change to the process of monetary policymaking in decades, reducing the procedural burden on staff
Why it matters: Warsh is weighing the Fed's biggest procedural restructuring in decades, with the explicit goal of easing the workload on staff who prepare for each meeting. Fewer formal meetings would reduce how often the FOMC directly communicates policy decisions to markets and the public.
