Jan 09, 2025
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Jeff Schmid

President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid gives businesses and banks a highly anticipated economic forecast for 2025. The KC Fed CEO will address a must hear outlook on interest rates, inflation and corporate innovation anticipated in the upcoming year. This, after a volatile economy required an unprecedented reinvention and resilience from businesses post pandemic. In 2025, President Schmid will be a voting member on the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets monetary policy for the United States.

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Speaker Jeff Schmid

President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Jeff Schmid leads a workforce of close to 2,000 employees in Kansas City and Omaha, Denver and Oklahoma City.

In 2025, Schmid will be a voting member on the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets monetary policy for the United States.

The Kansas City Fed is responsible for conducting monetary policy, providing financial services to depository institutions and the U.S. Treasury; and supervising nearly 1,000 banking organizations across its seven-state region.

Before joining the Kansas City Fed in August 2023, he served as president and CEO of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. He has several decades of experience leading banks and began his career as an examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.