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• November 30, 2007
  Innovation, Information, and Regulation in Financial Markets
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Philadelphia Fed Policy Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• November 29, 2007
  National and regional economic overview
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the presentation of the Citizen of the Carolinas Award, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte, North Carolina
• November 29, 2007
  The Federal Reserve’s Enhanced Communication Strategy and the Science of Monetary Policy
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  To the Undergraduate Economics Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• November 28, 2007
  Financial Markets and Central Banking
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York
• November 16, 2007
  Risk Management and the Economic Outlook
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Conference on Competitive Markets and Effective Regulation, Institute of International Finance, New York, New York
• November 14, 2007
  Federal Reserve Communications
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Cato Institute 25th Annual Monetary Conference, Washington, D.C.
• November 13, 2007
  Implementing Basel II in the United States
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Standard & Poor's Bank Conference 2007, New York, New York
• November 7, 2007
  The End of History?
  Governor Kevin Warsh
  To the New York Association for Business Economics, New York, New York
• November 6, 2007
  Microfinance in the United States
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the ACCIÓN Texas Summit on Microfinance in the United States, San Antonio, Texas
• November 5, 2007
  The Challenges Facing Subprime Mortgage Borrowers
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Consumer Bankers Association 2007 Fair Lending Conference, Washington, D.C.
  Governor Kroszner presented identical remarks at the Symposium on Housing Affordability, Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2007
• November 5, 2007
  Financial Instability and Monetary Policy
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Risk USA 2007 Conference, New York, New York
• October 26, 2007
  Financial Instability and the Federal Reserve as a Liquidity Provider
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Museum of American Finance Commemoration of the Panic of 1907, New York, New York
• October 22, 2007
  Recent Events in Financial Markets
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Institute of International Bankers Annual Breakfast Dialogue, Washington, D.C.
• October 20, 2007
  Headline versus Core Inflation in the Conduct of Monetary Policy
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Business Cycles, International Transmission and Macroeconomic Policies Conference, HEC Montreal, Montreal, Canada
• October 19, 2007
  Monetary Policy under Uncertainty
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the 32nd Annual Economic Policy Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  (via videoconference)
• October 15, 2007
  The Recent Financial Turmoil and its Economic and Policy Consequences
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Economic Club of New York, New York, New York
• October 12, 2007
  John Taylor Rules
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Conference on John Taylor's Contributions to Monetary Theory and Policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• October 12, 2007
  Opening remarks
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  To the Conference on John Taylor's Contributions to Monetary Theory and Policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
  (via videoconference) 
• October 11, 2007
  Markets, Financial Institutions, and Consumers: The Roles of the Federal Reserve
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the National Bankers Association 80th Annual Convention, Durham, North Carolina
• October 5, 2007
  Financial Stability and the Federal Reserve
  Governor Kevin Warsh
  At the New York State Economics Association 60th Annual Conference, Loudonville, New York
• October 5, 2007
  Economic Outlook
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce 207th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• September 28, 2007
  Systemic Risk and the International Lender of Last Resort
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Tenth Annual International Banking Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• September 27, 2007
  Globalization, Macroeconomic Performance, and Monetary Policy
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Domestic Prices in an Integrated World Economy Conference, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.
• September 24, 2007
  Education and Economic Competitiveness
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the U.S. Chamber Education and Workforce Summit, Washington, D.C.
• September 21, 2007
  Financial Market Developments
  Governor Kevin Warsh
  To the State University of New York at Albany’s School of Business, Albany, New York
• September 21, 2007
  Success and Failure of Monetary Policy since the 1950s
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At Monetary Policy over Fifty Years, a conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
• September 21, 2007
  "Will Monetary Policy Become More of a Science?" Finance and Economics Discussion Series Working Paper
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At Monetary Policy over Fifty Years, a conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
• September 11, 2007
  Global Imbalances: Recent Developments and Prospects
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Bundesbank Lecture, Berlin, Germany
• September 10, 2007
  Outlook and Risks for the U.S. Economy
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  To the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York
• September 6, 2007
  Analyzing and Assessing Banking Crises
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Conference on the Asian Financial Crisis Revisited, San Francisco, California
  (via videoconference)
• September 1, 2007
  "Housing and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism," Finance and Economics Discussion Series Working Paper
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• August 31, 2007
  Housing, Housing Finance, and Monetary Policy
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• August 1, 2007
  Federal Reserve Initiatives to Support Minority-Owned Institutions and Expand Consumer Protection
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Interagency Minority Depository Institutions National Conference, Miami, Florida
• July 12, 2007
  Basel II Implementation in the United States
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the New York Bankers Association Annual Washington Visit, Washington, D.C.
• July 10, 2007
  Inflation Expectations and Inflation Forecasting
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Monetary Economics Workshop of the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• June 23, 2007
  Globalization and Financial Development
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Econometric Society at Duke University Lecture, Durham, North Carolina
  Governor Mishkin presented identical remarks at the New Perspectives on Financial Globalization Conference, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2007
• June 15, 2007
  The Financial Accelerator and the Credit Channel
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the The Credit Channel of Monetary Policy in the Twenty-first Century Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
  
• June 14, 2007
  Encouraging Responsible Mortgage Lending: Prospective Rulemaking Initiatives
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the public hearing under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA), Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
• June 5, 2007
  Financial Intermediation and Complete Markets
  Governor Kevin Warsh
  At the European Economics and Financial Centre, London, England
• June 5, 2007
  The Housing Market and Subprime Lending
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  To the 2007 International Monetary Conference, Cape Town, South Africa 
  (via satellite)
• June 1, 2007
  Outlook and Risks for the U.S. Economy
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Institute of International Finance 2007 Spring Membership Meeting, Athens, Greece
• May 24, 2007
  Estimating Potential Output
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Conference on Price Measurement for Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• May 23, 2007
  Creating More Effective Consumer Disclosures
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the George Washington University School of Business, Financial Services Research Program Policy Forum, Washington, D.C.
• May 22, 2007
  Recognizing Leadership
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Princeton Prize in Race Relations Awards Program, Washington, D.C.
• May 17, 2007
  The Subprime Mortgage Market
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s 43rd Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois
• May 16, 2007
  Financial stability and policy issues
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's 2007 Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia
• May 16, 2007
  Globalization and Capital Markets: Implications for Inflation and the Yield Curve
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Center for Financial Stability (CEF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
• May 15, 2007
  International Capital Flows and the Emerging-Market Economies
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Central de la Republica Argentina (BCRA) Seminar, Central Bank of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• May 15, 2007
  Regulation and Financial Innovation
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  To the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's 2007 Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia
  (via satellite)
• May 10, 2007
  The Future of Payments: Challenges and Opportunities
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the 2007 Payments Conference Competitive Forces Shaping the Payments Environment: What's Next?, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• May 1, 2007
  Embracing the Challenge of Free Trade: Competing and Prospering in a Global Economy
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Montana Economic Development Summit 2007
  Butte, Montana
• April 26, 2007
  Globalization and Financial Development
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  To the New Perspectives on Financial Globalization Conference
  Washington, D.C.
  Governor Mishkin presented identical remarks at the Econometric Society at Duke University Lecture, Durham, North Carolina, on June 23, 2007
• April 25, 2007
  Welcoming remarks
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Greater Washington Jump$tart Coalition financial education event, Washington, D.C.
• April 20, 2007
  The U.S. Economic Outlook
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
• April 11, 2007
  Financial Regulation and the Invisible Hand
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the New York University Law School, New York, New York
• April 10, 2007
  Monetary Policy and the Dual Mandate
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
• March 30, 2007
  The Community Reinvestment Act: Its Evolution and New Challenges
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Community Affairs Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
• March 23, 2007
  Inflation Dynamics
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Annual Macro Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
• March 22, 2007
  Asset-Pricing Puzzles, Credit Risk, and Credit Derivatives
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Conference on Credit Risk and Credit Derivatives, Washington, D.C.
• March 22, 2007
  Recent Innovations in Credit Markets
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  To the 2007 Credit Markets Symposium at the Charlotte Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte, North Carolina
• March 12, 2007
  The Changing Dynamics of Inflation
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  To the National Association for Business Economics 2007 Annual Washington Economic Policy Conference, Arlington, Virginia
• March 9, 2007
  Liquidity and monetary policy
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  To the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, Washington, D.C.
• March 9, 2007
  Comments on “Understanding the Evolving Inflation Process” by Cecchetti, Hooper, Kasman, Schoenholtz, and Watson
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, Washington, D.C.
  Presented identical remarks
• March 6, 2007
  GSE Portfolios, Systemic Risk, and Affordable Housing
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the Independent Community Bankers of America's Annual Convention and Techworld, Honolulu, Hawaii
  (via satellite)
• March 5, 2007
  Market Liquidity: Definitions and Implications
  Governor Kevin Warsh
  At the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C.
• March 5, 2007
  Community Banks: The Continuing Importance of Relationship Finance
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the America’s Community Bankers Government Affairs Conference, Washington, D.C.
• March 2, 2007
  Globalization and Monetary Policy
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Fourth Economic Summit, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, California
• February 26, 2007
  An Update on Basel II Implementation in the United States
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Global Association of Risk Professionals Basel II Summit, New York, New York
• February 21, 2007
  Financial Stability: Preventing and Managing Crises
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Exchequer Club Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
• February 6, 2007
  The Level and Distribution of Economic Well-Being
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Omaha, Nebraska
• January 18, 2007
  Economic Outlook and Developments in Mortgage Markets
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Eller College of Management Distinguished Speaker Series, Tucson, Arizona
• January 17, 2007
  Enterprise Risk Management and Mortgage Lending
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Forecaster’s Club of New York, New York, New York
• January 11, 2007
  Enterprise Risk Management and Mortgage Lending
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the National Credit Union Administration 2007 Risk Mitigation Summit
• January 8, 2007
  The Economic Outlook
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Atlanta Rotary Club, Atlanta, Georgia
• January 5, 2007
  Central Banking and Bank Supervision in the United States
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois