Question: who is the current chair of the u.s. central bank and on what date did this person take office
Answer: Bush ( 2001 -- 2009 ) 15 Janet Yellen ( 1946 -- ) February 1 , 2014 Incumbent Barack Obama ( 2009 -- 2017 ) 16 Jerome Powell ( 1953 -- ) TBD TBD Donald Trump ( 2017 -- )