Thomas Michael Hoenig[1] (born September 6, 1946) is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center.

[4] From 1991 to 2011, he served as the eighth chief executive of the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank, in Kansas City, United States.

[10] On April 16, 2012, Hoenig was sworn in as vice chairman and member of the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

[13][14] Again on August 13, 2010, in a speech in Lincoln, Nebraska, Hoenig criticized the then current Federal Reserve action of a zero policy rate calling it "...a dangerous gamble."

He also stated, "There may be ways to accelerate GDP growth, but, in my view, highly expansionary monetary policy is not a good option.