2008 Speeches
Restoring Financial Intermediation by Banks: The Role of Regulators
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Office of Thrift Supervision National Housing Forum, Washington, D.C.
Assessing the Potential for Instability in Financial Markets
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Risk Minds Conference, International Center for Business Information, Geneva, Switzerland
Improving the Infrastructure for Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Federal Reserve System Conference on Housing and Mortgage Markets, Washington, D.C.
Housing, Mortgage Markets, and Foreclosures
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Federal Reserve System Conference on Housing and Mortgage Markets, Washington, D.C.
The Community Reinvestment Act and the Recent Mortgage Crisis
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Confronting Concentrated Poverty Policy Forum, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Policies in the Financial Crisis
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin, Texas
Monetary Policy and Asset Prices Revisited
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Cato Institute's 26th Annual Monetary Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.
Policy Coordination Among Central Banks
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Fifth European Central Bank Central Banking Conference, The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challenges, Frankfurt, Germany
Productivity and Innovation in Financial Services
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Official Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The Promise and Peril of the New Financial Architecture
Governor Kevin Warsh
At the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York
The Future of Mortgage Finance in the United States
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the UC Berkeley/UCLA Symposium: The Mortgage Meltdown, the Economy, and Public Policy, Berkeley, California
Strategic Risk Management in an Interconnected World
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Risk Management Association Annual Risk Management Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
Governor Kroszner presented identical remarks to the National Conference on the Securities Industry, New York, New York, on October 30, 2008
Stabilizing the Financial Markets and the Economy
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Economic Club of New York, New York, New York
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance, New York, New York
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the President's Working Group Market Stability Initiative Announcement, Washington, D.C.
Current Economic and Financial Conditions
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the National Association for Business Economics 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C.
Remarks on historically black colleges and universities
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the 2008 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference, Washington, D.C.
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Central Bank of Argentina 2008 Money and Banking Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Annual Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Whither Federal Reserve Communications
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.
Remarks on covered bond framework
Governor Kevin Warsh
At the U.S. Department of the Treasury Press Conference on Covered Bond Framework, Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve's Initiatives to Support Minority-Owned Institutions and Expand Consumer Protection
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
Minority Depository Institutions National Conference, Chicago, Illinois
Financial Regulation and Financial Stability
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Forum on Mortgage Lending for Low and Moderate Income Households, Arlington, Virginia
Global Financial Turmoil and the World Economy
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Caesarea Forum of the Israel Democracy Institute, Eliat, Israel
Global Economic Integration and Decoupling
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy, Frankfurt, Germany
Challenges for Health-Care Reform
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Summit, Washington, D.C.
Dedication of the New Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Building
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
Protecting Consumers in the Credit Marketplace
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Community Development Policy Summit, Cleveland, Ohio
Lessons for Central Bankers from a Phillips Curve Framework
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's 53rd Annual Economic Conference, Chatham, Massachusetts
Outstanding Issues in the Analysis of Inflation
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s 53rd Annual Economic Conference, Chatham, Massachusetts
Financial Market Developments and Credit Conditions
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Boston College Carroll School of Management Center for Asset Management, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks on the economic outlook
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the International Monetary Conference, Barcelona, Spain (via satellite)
Liquidity Provision by the Federal Reserve
At the Risk Transfer Mechanisms and Financial Stability Workshop, Basel, Switzerland (via videoconference)
Chairman Bernanke presented identical remarks to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia on May 13, 2008 (via satellite)
Money Markets and Financial Stability
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Columbia Business School Conference on the Role of Money Markets, New York, New York
Prospects for Recovery and Repair of Mortgage Markets
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Conference of State Bank Supervisors Annual Conference, Amelia Island Plantation, Florida
Governor Kroszner presented identical remarks to the Banco Central do Brasil Annual Seminar on Banking, Financial Stability, and Risk, on May 27, 2008
The Federal Funds Rate in Extraordinary Times
Governor Kevin Warsh
At the Exchequer Club Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
Risk Management in Financial Institutions
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois
How Should We Respond to Asset Price Bubbles?
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Oliver Wyman Institute's Annual Financial Risk Roundtable, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston AMA Conference, Boston, MA
Liquidity Provision by the Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia (via satellite)
Chairman Bernanke presented identical remarks to the Risk Transfer Mechanisms and Financial Stability Workshop, Basel, Switzerland, on May 29, 2008 (via videoconference)
Mitigating the Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhoods
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the NeighborWorks America Symposium on Stabilizing Communities in the Wake of Foreclosure, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Columbia Business School's 32nd Annual Dinner, New York, New York
Developing Sustainable Capital for Community Investments
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Community Reinvestment Fund First Annual Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Credit Market Symposium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Financial Market Turmoil and the Federal Reserve: The Plot Thickens
Governor Kevin Warsh
At the New York University School of Law Global Economic Policy Forum, New York, New York
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond's Virginia Global Ambassador Award Luncheon, Richmond, Virginia
The Importance of Financial Education and the National Jump$tart Coalition Survey
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and Federal Reserve Board Joint News Conference, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the Dedication of the New Seattle Branch Building of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Renton, Washington
Global Economic and Financial Challenges: Implications for Latin America
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank, Miami, Florida
Central Bank Commitment and Communication
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Princeton University Center for Economic Policy Studies Dinner, New York, New York
Comfort Zones, Shmumfort Zones
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Sandridge Lecture of the Virginia Association of Economists and the H. Parker Willis Lecture of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
Protecting Homeowners and Sustaining Homeownership
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Legislative Conference 2008, Washington, D.C.
Fostering Sustainable Homeownership
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
The Importance of Fundamentals in Risk Management
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the American Bankers Association Spring Summit Meeting, Washington, D.C
Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Monetary Policy
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Norges Bank Conference on Monetary Policy, Oslo, Norway
Implications of Globalization for the Conduct of Monetary Policy
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the International Symposium of the Banque de France, Paris, France
Outlook and Risks for the U.S. Economy
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the National Association for Business Economics Washington Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.
Reducing Preventable Mortgage Foreclosures
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Independent Community Bankers of America Annual Convention, Orlando, Florida
Liquidity-Risk Management in the Business of Banking
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C.
On "Leveraged Losses: Lessons from the Mortgage Meltdown"
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York, New York
The Importance of Economic Education and Financial Literacy
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Third National Summit on Economic and Financial Literacy, Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Cameron School of Business' Business Week Program, Wilmington, North Carolina
Does Stabilizing Inflation Contribute to Stabilizing Economic Activity?
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At East Carolina University's Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Lecture Series, Greenville, North Carolina
Improving Risk Management in Light of Recent Market Events
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the Global Association of Risk Management Professionals Annual Risk Convention, New York, New York
The Federal Reserve's Tools for Responding to Financial Disruptions
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Tuck Global Capital Markets Conference, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Protecting Homeowners and Sustaining Home Ownership
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
At the American Securitization Forum 2008 Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
Governor Kroszner presented identical remarks at the Women in Housing and Finance Subprime Symposium, Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2008
Monetary Policy Flexibility, Risk Management, and Financial Disruptions
Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
At the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, New York
Financial Markets, the Economic Outlook, and Monetary Policy
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Women in Housing and Finance and Exchequer Club Joint Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the National Association for Business Economics Session, Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
At the American Economic Association Session, Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana