Fed's Goolsbee: Reappointment of regional presidents was made after a "very robust" review

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said the reappointment of the Fed's regional bank presidents to new 5-year terms this week followed a "very robust" review of their job performance and followed the typical schedule.

Asked if the reappointments, announced on Friday for terms beginning early next year, were accelerated out of concern about possible White House efforts to influence the process, Goolsbee said on CNBC's Squawk Box that the results of the reappointment vote by the Fed's Board of Governors may have been announced earlier but had taken place as usual after "a very robust process. We had to submit a lot of documents."