Call Kevin Warsh the Fed 'chairman'
Kevin Warsh's two immediate predecessors preferred to be called the Fed "chair." For Warsh, it's "chairman" of the Federal Reserve.
TL;DR
- Kevin Warsh will be addressed as "chairman" of the Federal Reserve, a title used before Janet Yellen and Jerome Powell, who preferred "chair."
- This decision reverses a 12-year precedent set by recent Fed leaders.
- The Federal Reserve Act itself references "chairman" and "vice chairman."
- While legislative bodies like the House have adopted gender-neutral language (changing "chairman" to "chair"), "chairman" is still widely used on House and Senate individual and committee websites.
- Some major banks, like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, also use "chairmen."
- The choice of title is a personal preference, not governed by law or regulation.