Speeches of Federal Reserve Officials

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• December 19, 2002
  Issues for monetary policy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Economic Club of New York, New York City
  
• December 13, 2002
  The importance of market structure
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  Before the Annual Conference of the Central Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile
  
• December 13, 2002
  Credit availability for small business
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  Before local business owners, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Buffalo Branch, Buffalo, New York
  
• November 22, 2002
  The U.S. current account deficit
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the 12th Frankfurt European Banking Congress, Frankfurt, Germany
  
• November 21, 2002
  Deflation: Making sure "it" doesn't happen here
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C.
  
• November 20, 2002
  Financial engineering and financial stability
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Annual Conference on the Securities Industry, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Management Division of the Securities Industry Association, New York, New York
  
• November 19, 2002
  International financial risk management
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C.
• November 18, 2002
  Opening remarks
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At a book reception for the publication of volume I of Allan Meltzer's History of the Federal Reserve, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
• November 18, 2002
  Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities in Indian Country
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the System's Sovereign Lending Conference: Banking Opportunities in Indian Country, Scottsdale, Arizona
• November 12, 2002
  Opening remarks
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  At the Canadian American Business Council's RBC Distinguished Speakers Series, Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.
• November 12, 2002
  The banking industry in 2002 after a decade of change
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the First Annual Convention of the Ohio Bankers League, Columbus, Ohio
• November 12, 2002
  Economic progress and small business
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  Before the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• November 12, 2002
  Recent experience and economic outlook
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the 2003 Global Economic and Investment Outlook Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• November 12, 2002
  The wealth of nations revisited
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At Banco de Mexico's Second International Conference: "Macroeconomic Stability, Financial Markets, and Economic Development," Mexico City, Mexico
• November 8, 2002
  On Milton Friedman's ninetieth birthday
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Conference to Honor Milton Friedman, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• November 7, 2002
  Opening remarks
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Conference "Livable Communities: Linking Community Development and Smart Growth," Cincinnati, Ohio
• November 7, 2002
  Effective accounting and disclosure for financial transactions and financial institutions
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  At the National Conference on Banks and Savings Institutions, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Washington, D.C.
• October 29, 2002
  Education
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the International Understanding Award Dinner, Institute of International Education,
  New York, New York
  
• October 24, 2002
  Productivity growth: A realistic assessment
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Stockton Lectures 2002, London Business School, London, U.K.
• October 23, 2002
  Productivity
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the U.S. Department of Labor and American Enterprise Institute Conference, Washington, D.C.
• October 22, 2002
  Urban revitalization: Shared responsibilities
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Conference: "Rays of Hope: A New Day for America's Distressed Urban Areas," East St. Louis, Illinois
• October 16, 2002
  The methodology of benefit-cost analysis
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Werner Sichel Economics Lecture-Seminar Series, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• October 16, 2002
  Remarks
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr
  At the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Houston Branch building
• October 16, 2002
  Should financial stability be an explicit central bank objective?
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr
  Paper presented to an International Monetary Fund conference on Challenges to Central Banking from Globalized Financial Markets, Washington, D.C.
  (on September 17)
• October 15, 2002
  Asset-price "bubbles" and monetary policy
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the New York Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics
• October 9, 2002
  Central banks and markets
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Bond Market Association 2002 Awards Dinner, New York, New York
• October 8, 2002
  Corporate governance and risk management
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  At the Annual International Symposium on Derivatives and Risk Management, Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York
• October 7, 2002
  Banking
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the annual convention of the American Bankers Association, Phoenix, Arizona (via satellite)
• October 3, 2002
  Business continuity after September 11
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the SWIFT Sibos World Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
• October 1, 2002
  The challenge for corporate governance posed by financial innovation
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  At the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
• September 28, 2002
  Bank performance and corporate governance
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  Before the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers, Memphis, Tennessee
• September 25, 2002
  World finance and risk management
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At Lancaster House, London, U.K.
• September 25, 2002
  Regulation, innovation, and wealth creation
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Society of Business Economists, London, U.K.
• September 25, 2002
  Policy coordination
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the opening of the new HM Treasury Building, London, U.K.
• August 30, 2002
  Economic volatility
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• July 26, 2002
  Economic change in rural America
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  Before the Fergus Falls Rotary Club, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
• July 8, 2002
  Financial markets regulation in the United States
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Second Financial Summit: Challenges and Emerging Risks Facing the Financial Industry, Madrid, Spain
  
• July 5, 2002
  Introductory remarks
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
  
• June 20, 2002
  Banking supervision and its application in developing countries
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  At the World Bank Group's Finance Forum 2002, Chantilly, Virginia
• June 11, 2002
  Bank performance and corporate governance
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  At the 112th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Bankers Association, Hot Springs, Virginia
  Governor Bies presented identical remarks at the South Carolina Bankers Association Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida, June 14, 2002
  
• June 10, 2002
  Lessons to be re-learned from recent breakdowns in corporate accounting
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  Before the Institute of International Bankers, New York, New York
  
• May 31, 2002
  The dual banking system and the current condition of the banking industry
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Annual Meeting and Conference of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Salt Lake City, Utah
  
• May 21, 2002
  Community and regional banks: Increasing complexity and risk-management needs
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the 106th Annual Convention of the North Carolina Bankers Association, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
  
• May 21, 2002
  A look at the banking industry in 2002
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the 107th Annual Convention of the Maryland Bankers Association, Palm Beach, Florida
  
• May 17, 2002
  Financing options for small business
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Small Business Development Conference, Cleveland, Ohio
  
• May 13, 2002
  Reflections on financial literacy
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  Before the National Council on Economic Education, Washington, D.C.
  
• May 11, 2002
  Thoughts on success in life
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
  
• May 10, 2002
  Cyclicality and banking regulation
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• May 9, 2002
  Implications of 9/11 for the financial services sector
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois
  
• May 3, 2002
  Stock options and related matters
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the 2002 Financial Markets Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Sea Island, Georgia
  May 3, 2002
  (via satellite)
• May 2, 2002
  Financial literacy
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Financial Literacy Teacher Training Workshop, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• April 30, 2002
  Risk management in a changing economic environment
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  Before the Bank Administration Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
  
• April 22, 2002
  Finance: United States and global
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Institute of International Finance, New York, New York
  (via videoconference)
  
• April 8, 2002
  CRA at twenty-five
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Consumer Bankers' Association Community Reinvestment Act Conference, Arlington, Virginia
  
• March 26, 2002
  Corporate governance
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York
  
• March 26, 2002
  Career development in a changing economy
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the School of Business and Industry, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida
  
• March 21, 2002
  Current challenges of community banks
  Governor Susan S. Bies
  At the Ohio Bankers Day Conference, Ohio Department of Commerce, Columbus, Ohio
  
• March 13, 2002
  The U.S. economy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Independent Community Bankers of America, Honolulu, Hawaii (via satellite)
  
• March 12, 2002
  Current industry issues
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Government Affairs Conference of America's Community Bankers, Washington, D.C.
  
• March 7, 2002
  Macroeconomic policy in recessions--and other times
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Conference on Combating Recessions, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Governor Gramlich presented identical remarks at the Economic Department Lecture, Lake Forest College, Chicago, Illinois, April 12, 2002
• March 4, 2002
  Back to the future in managing banking risk
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
  
• March 4, 2002
  A supervisory perspective on disaster recovery and business continuity
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  Before the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C.
  
• March 1, 2002
  Lending to lower-income households
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the National Community Reinvestment Coalition 11th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
  
• February 28, 2002
  Strengthening the financial system of the 21st century through sound accounting and disclosure
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Europe and the United States, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
  
• February 28, 2002
  Saving for retirement
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the 2002 National Summit on Retirement Savings, the Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
  
• February 27, 2002
  A review of economic developments in 2001 and the economic outlook
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Canton Forum Speaker Series, Canton, Ohio
  
• February 20, 2002
  Consumption and the wealth effect: The United States and the United Kingdom
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  Before the International Bond Congress, London, U.K.
  
• February 8, 2002
  Implementing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Two years later
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  Before the American Law Institute and American Bar Association Washington, D.C.
  
• February 7, 2002
  Observations on the evolution of the financial services industry and public policy
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions, University of Miami School of Law, Sixth Annual Institute on Mergers and Acquisitions, Miami Beach, Florida
  
• January 18, 2002
  Predatory lending
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Housing Bureau for Seniors Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  
• January 16, 2002
  The history of money
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Opening of an American Numismatic Society
  
• January 16, 2002
  Rules and discretion
  Governor Laurence H. Meyer
  At the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
  
• January 16, 2002
  Developments in the U.S. economy: Review and outlook
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  Before the Economic Club of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
  
• January 11, 2002
  The economy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Bay Area Council Conference, San Francisco, California
  
• January 10, 2002
  Economic development and financial literacy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Ninth Annual Economic Development Summit, The Greenlining Institute, Oakland, California
  
• January 8, 2002
  Why central banks should talk
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland