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AGENDA
Day 1Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome
Sheila F. Maith, Assistant Director and Community Affairs Officer, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Opening Remarks Jeffrey M. Lacker, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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9:00 a.m. |
Is Subprime Loan Pricing Fair or Predatory? | |
10:15 a.m. |
Break | |
10:45 a.m. |
Are Legislative Remedies to Limit Predatory Lending Really Remedies? | |
Noon |
Lunch Host: Dede Myers, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Guest Speaker: Mary Lee Widener, President, NHS of America, Inc. |
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1:30 p.m. |
What Determines Who Defaults or Goes Bankrupt? How Do They Fare? |
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2:45 p.m. |
Break | |
3:15 p.m. |
What Should and Can Be Done to Enhance Borrowers' Knowledge of Their Credit Risk? |
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5:00 p.m. |
Reception |
Day 2 Friday, March 30, 2007
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome
Dede Myers, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Opening Remarks Charles I. Plosser, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
9:00 a.m. |
Does the Financing of Small Businesses Differ for Minority-Owned Businesses and for Businesses in Low-Income Areas? |
10:15 a.m. |
Break |
10:45 a.m. |
Can Alternative Financial Services Products Help the Underbanked? |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch Host: Loretta J. Mester, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Keynote Speaker: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
1:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |