Thomas M. Hoenig

Tom Hoenig
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
October 1, 1991 – October 1, 2011
Preceded byJ. Roger Guffey
Succeeded byEsther George
Personal details
Born
Thomas Michael Hoenig

(1946-09-06) September 6, 1946 (age 78)
Fort Madison, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyIndependent
EducationBenedictine College (BA)
Iowa State University (MA, PhD)

Thomas Michael Hoenig[1] (born September 6, 1946) is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center.[2] He became a director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on April 16, 2012,[3] and served as vice chairman from November 30, 2012 to April 30, 2018.[4] From 1991 to 2011, he served as the eighth chief executive of the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank, in Kansas City, United States. In 2010, he was serving as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, as one of five of the twelve Federal Reserve Bank presidents that sit on the Committee on a yearly rotating basis. He is known as an "anti-inflation hawk".[5]

  1. ^ Lanman, Scott (2009-08-20). "Hoenig Stirs Debate on Bank Failures as Fed Forum Convenes". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  2. ^ "Thomas Hoenig". 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ "FDIC: Press Releases - PR-40-2012 4/16/2012".
  4. ^ "FDIC: Board of Directors - Thomas M. Hoenig". www.fdic.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  5. ^ Bull, Alister (2009-03-24). "Fed's Hoenig warns on bank debts, exit strategy: report". Reuters.