It has been reported that the White House has started interviews regarding the possible candidates to occupy the vacant posts on the Federal Reserve System’s governors’ board during 2022. As per a report published on Wednesday by Bloomberg which refers to the people knowing the event, Jo Biden (the president of the United States) is moving towards incorporating eligible candidates including Raphael Bostic (the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta), Richard Corday (the ex-director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Sarah Bloom Raskin (a law professor at Duke University) to occupy the positions as the board members of the Fed on the place of those who are leaving it in the early phase of 2022.
Other people being thought about include Karen Dyan (a former official of the Treasury Department during the government of Barak Obama along with Valarie Wilson (the Economic Policy Institute’s director for its PREE (Program on Race, Ethnicity, and Economy). The President of the United States has in advance declared to nominate Jerome Powell to function during the second four-year tenure as the chairman of the Fed from February with Lael Brainard being selected for the vice-chair following the exit of Richard Clarida. Brainard and Powell took the respective positions at Fed in the session in 2014 and 2012 respectively.
In November, Biden declared intensions to nominate the respective replacement having a focus on enhancing the variety in the composition of the Board. Presently, one position is vacant in seven governors’ groups serving under Federal Reserve, however, Randal Quarles left his post effective at December’s end, while January 2022 is the expected time for Clarida’s departure. On getting nominated by Biden, Raskin, Cordray, and Bastic would require to be approved by the Senate as well as would possibly serve for the terms of up to 14 years.
A noteworthy alteration in the structure of the prominent U.S. financial regulators could create a significant impact on the government’s perception regarding cryptocurrencies. During this time, in the case of the Fed, Powell has an inclination toward a digital dollar’s launch whereas Quarles stated that there is a requirement for the federal institutions to consider selecting the suitable regulatory approach in advance of developing a framework for the regulation of the market of cryptocurrency.
