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Both the Height of the Fed Chair and Rates Have Fallen Over Time — Could a Taller Fed Chair Mean Rates Rise?

– President Trump’s choice for Fed chair will no doubt be important, both on its own merits and as a signal of future picks.

– The chair role is one of the most influential voices in monetary policy decisions, and by a strange coincidence the height of the Fed chair over time has tended to foretell the direction of interest rates.

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Source: LPL Research, Bloomberg 10/22/17

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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is the branch of the Federal Reserve Board that determines the direction of monetary policy. The eleven-person FOMC is composed of the seven-member board of governors, and the Federal Reserve Bank presidents. The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York serves continuously, while the presidents of the other regional Federal Reserve Banks rotate their service in one-year terms.

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