Speeches of Federal Reserve Officials

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• December 8, 2008
  Restoring Financial Intermediation by Banks: The Role of Regulators
  Donald L. Kohn,  Vice Chairman
  At the Office of Thrift Supervision National Housing Forum, Washington, D.C.
• December 8, 2008
  Assessing the Potential for Instability in Financial Markets
  Randall S. Kroszner,  Governor
  At the Risk Minds Conference, International Center for Business Information, Geneva, Switzerland
• December 4, 2008
  Improving the Infrastructure for Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
  Randall S. Kroszner,  Governor
  At the Federal Reserve System Conference on Housing and Mortgage Markets, Washington, D.C.
• December 4, 2008
  Housing, Mortgage Markets, and Foreclosures
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Federal Reserve System Conference on Housing and Mortgage Markets, Washington, D.C.
• December 3, 2008
  The Community Reinvestment Act and the Recent Mortgage Crisis
  Randall S. Kroszner,  Governor
  At the Confronting Concentrated Poverty Policy Forum, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.
• December 1, 2008
  Federal Reserve Policies in the Financial Crisis
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin, Texas
• November 19, 2008
  Monetary Policy and Asset Prices Revisited
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Cato Institute's 26th Annual Monetary Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.
• November 14, 2008
  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
• November 12, 2008
  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
• November 6, 2008
  The Promise and Peril of the New Financial Architecture
  Kevin Warsh,  Governor
  At the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York
• October 31, 2008
  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
• October 20, 2008
  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
• October 15, 2008
  Economic Outlook
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance, New York, New York
• October 15, 2008
  Stabilizing the Financial Markets and the Economy
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Economic Club of New York, New York, New York
• October 14, 2008
  Remarks
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the President's Working Group Market Stability Initiative Announcement, Washington, D.C.
• October 7, 2008
  Current Economic and Financial Conditions
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the National Association for Business Economics 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• September 11, 2008
  Comments on “Financial Regulation in a System Context,” “Beyond Leveraged Losses: The Balance Sheet Effects of the Home Price Downturn,” and “The Central Role of House Prices in the Financial Crisis: How Will the Market Clear?”
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C.
• September 9, 2008
  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.
• September 1, 2008
  The United States in the International Financial System: A Separate Reality? Resolving Two Puzzles in the International Accounts
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Central Bank of Argentina 2008 Money and Banking Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• August 22, 2008
  Reducing Systemic Risk
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Annual Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• July 28, 2008
  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.
• July 28, 2008
  Whither Federal Reserve Communications
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.
• July 17, 2008
  Federal Reserve's Initiatives to Support Minority-Owned Institutions and Expand Consumer Protection
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  Minority Depository Institutions National Conference, Chicago, Illinois
• July 8, 2008
  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
• July 2, 2008
  Global Financial Turmoil and the World Economy
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Caesarea Forum of the Israel Democracy Institute, Eliat, Israel
• June 26, 2008
  Global Economic Integration and Decoupling
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy, Frankfurt, Germany
• June 16, 2008
  Challenges for Health-Care Reform
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Summit, Washington, D.C.
• June 12, 2008
  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
• June 11, 2008
  Protecting Consumers in the Credit Marketplace
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Community Development Policy Summit, Cleveland, Ohio
• June 11, 2008
  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
• June 9, 2008
  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
• June 6, 2008
  Financial Market Developments and Credit Conditions
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Boston College Carroll School of Management Center for Asset Management, Boston, Massachusetts
• June 4, 2008
  Remarks on Class Day 2008
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• June 3, 2008
  Remarks on the economic outlook
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the International Monetary Conference, Barcelona, Spain (via satellite)
• May 29, 2008
  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
• May 29, 2008
  Liquidity Provision by the Federal Reserve
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  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)

• May 22, 2008
  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
• May 21, 2008
  The Federal Funds Rate in Extraordinary Times
  Governor Kevin Warsh
  At the Exchequer Club Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
• May 20, 2008
  The Economic Outlook
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
• May 15, 2008
  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
• May 15, 2008
  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
• May 14, 2008
  Risk Management and Basel II
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston AMA Conference, Boston, MA
• May 13, 2008
  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)
• May 7, 2008
  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
• May 5, 2008
  Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Columbia Business School's 32nd Annual Dinner, New York, New York
• April 21, 2008
  Developing Sustainable Capital for Community Investments
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Community Reinvestment Fund First Annual Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• April 17, 2008
  The Changing Business of Banking: Implications for Financial Stability and Lessons from Recent Market Turmoil
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Credit Market Symposium, Charlotte, North Carolina
• April 14, 2008
  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
• April 10, 2008
  Addressing Weaknesses in the Global Financial Markets: The Report of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond's Virginia Global Ambassador Award Luncheon, Richmond, Virginia
• April 9, 2008
  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.
• April 7, 2008
  Dedication remarks
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the Dedication of the New Seattle Branch Building of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Renton, Washington
• April 4, 2008
  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
• April 3, 2008
  Central Bank Commitment and Communication
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Princeton University Center for Economic Policy Studies Dinner, New York, New York
• March 27, 2008
  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
• March 27, 2008
  Protecting Homeowners and Sustaining Homeownership
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Legislative Conference 2008, Washington, D.C.
• March 14, 2008
  Fostering Sustainable Homeownership
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• March 11, 2008
  The Importance of Fundamentals in Risk Management
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the American Bankers Association Spring Summit Meeting, Washington, D.C
• March 7, 2008
  Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Monetary Policy
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the Norges Bank Conference on Monetary Policy, Oslo, Norway
• March 7, 2008
  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
• March 4, 2008
  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.
• March 4, 2008
  Reducing Preventable Mortgage Foreclosures
  Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Independent Community Bankers of America Annual Convention, Orlando, Florida
• March 3, 2008
  Liquidity-Risk Management in the Business of Banking
  Governor Randall S. Kroszner
  At the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C.
• February 29, 2008
  On "Leveraged Losses: Lessons from the Mortgage Meltdown"
  Governor Frederic S. Mishkin
  At the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York, New York
• February 27, 2008
  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.
• February 26, 2008
  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
• February 25, 2008
  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
• February 25, 2008
  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
• February 15, 2008
  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
• February 4, 2008
  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
• January 11, 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
• January 10, 2008
  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.
• January 5, 2008
  Recent and Prospective Developments in Monetary Policy Transparency and Communications: A Global Perspective
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the National Association for Business Economics Session, Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
• January 4, 2008
  Expertise and Macroeconomic Policy, Comments on "Insiders versus Outsiders in Monetary Policy-Making," by Timothy Besley, Neil Meads, and Paolo Surico
  Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn
  At the American Economic Association Session, Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana