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Dissents from governors land differently than those from the Fed’s other policymakers, and the reason is structural.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Dissents on policy decisions averaged about a dozen annually for the six full years that Volcker was leading the central bank, according to data published by the St. Louis Fed.

From Reuters • Nov. 30, 2022

Dissents have, of course, no precedential value in the conventional sense.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022

Dissents from the bench in contentious cases go back to the 1940s.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2020

The Chairman Dissents On the whole these drastic findings are against the weight of evidence.

From Native Life in South Africa by Plaatje, Sol (Solomon Tshekisho)