The Senate Banking Committee is expected to approve the nominations of Richard Clarida and Michelle Bowman for seats on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in a vote on Tuesday.
![Michelle Bowman, right, and Richard Clarita.](https://arizent.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/68ac6fc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2666+0+0/resize/740x493!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsource-media-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbf%2Fc5%2F12fc35bd4a36b72c7ba650182edf%2Fbowman-michelle-bl051518b.jpg)
The nominations were seen by most observers as solid picks, and their testimony before the panel went without a hitch.
Clarida, a PIMCO managing director, professor and noted economist was tapped for the vice chair spot vacated by Stanley Fischer, who left the Board in October. Clarida’s strong
Bowman, the Kansas State Bank Commissioner, was selected as Fed governor representing the interests of community banks.
Clarida was called a “fantastic choice” by Alan Rechtschaffen, portfolio manager and senior vice president at UBS Financial Services Inc. in a
These choices, he said, were “very comforting to the markets” and provided “less friction” than the nomination of Marvin Goodfriend for a fed seat, which is still pending in the Senate.