Fed Names Members of Warsh's Five Monetary Policy Task Forces, Including Marc Andreessen

The US Federal Reserve announced on Thursday, 9 July 2026, the leaders of five outside task forces that new Chair Kevin Warsh has formed to review the central bank's policymaking practices. The "Productivity, Jobs, and AI" task force is led by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, Stanford economist Charles Jones, and Microsoft executive vice president Asha Sharma. Other task forces are led by former Walmart CEO Doug McMillon (economic data quality) and Nobel laureate economist Thomas Sargent along with former White House Council of Economic Advisers chair Greg Mankiw (inflation frameworks); two further task forces cover Fed communications and balance-sheet policy.

According to CNBC, the task forces are expected to conclude their work by the end of 2026 and deliver a set of recommendations to the Federal Reserve for improving monetary policymaking.