Speeches of Federal Reserve Officials

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• December 11, 2003
  Capitalism and the role of globalization
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas
  
• December 2, 2003
  Concerns and Considerations for the Practical Implementation of the New Basel Accord
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the ICBI Risk Management 2003 Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
  
• November 22, 2003
  Functional Regulation and Financial Modernization
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the annual meeting of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  
• November 21, 2003
  Economic Outlook
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Executives' Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• November 20, 2003
  Current Account
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the 21st Annual Monetary Conference, Cosponsored by the Cato Institute and The Economist, Washington, D.C.
  
• November 14, 2003
  Remarks on preserving and improving affordable rental housing
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At a meeting on rental housing hosted by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Washington, D.C.
  
• November 13, 2003
  The Proposed U.S. Approach to Regulatory Capital: An Update
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the conference on The Changing Regulatory Capital Regime in Europe: A Challenging New Business Concept, Brussels, Belgium
  (via videoconference)
  
• November 6, 2003
  The jobless recovery
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Global Economic and Investment Outlook Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  
• November 6, 2003
  Remarks
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Securities Industry Association annual meeting, Boca Raton, Florida
  
• October 31, 2003
  Effective Market Discipline: The Roles of Auditors, Companies, and Analysts
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Conference on Market Discipline, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• October 29, 2003
  Remarks
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Federal Reserve Payments System Development Committee 2003 Conference, Washington, D.C.
  
• October 24, 2003
  Remarks
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Conference on the Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose, Dallas, Texas
  
• October 17, 2003
  Panel discussion
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the 28th Annual Policy Conference: Inflation Targeting: Prospects and Problems, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  
• October 17, 2003
  Panel discussion
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the 28th Annual Policy Conference: Inflation Targeting: Prospects and Problems, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  
• October 9, 2003
  An update on the predatory lending issue
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Texas Association of Bank Counsel 27th Annual Convention, South Padre Island, Texas
  
• October 8, 2003
  Remarks
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the opening of the New England Economic Adventure at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  
• October 8, 2003
  The future of financial services--Revisited
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Future of Financial Services Conference, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
  
• October 8, 2003
  Comments on the current state of the economy
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Annual Economic Outlook Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
  
• October 2, 2003
  Monetary policy and the stock market: Some empirical results
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Fall 2003 Banking and Finance Lecture, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania
  Governor Bernanke presented identical remarks at the London School of Economics Public Lecture, London, England, October 9, 2003
  
• October 1, 2003
  Maintaining price stability
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  Before the Economic Club of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  
• September 26, 2003
  Financial education
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the 33rd Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C.
  
• September 24, 2003
  Productivity and monetary policy
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Monetary Seminar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
• September 22, 2003
  Increased availability of financial products and the need for improved financial literacy
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the America's Community Bankers 2003 National Compliance and Attorneys Conference and Marketplace, San Antonio, Texas
  
• September 4, 2003
  The economic outlook
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the Bloomberg Panel for the Outlook on the U.S. Economy, New York, New York
  
• September 4, 2003
  Economic and financial education
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Georgia Summit on Economic and Financial Education, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
  
• August 29, 2003
  Monetary policy under uncertainty
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  
• August 18, 2003
  Remarks
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the 25th anniversary of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and the NeighborWorks® System, Washington, D.C.
• August 10, 2003
  Effective corporate governance and the role of counsel
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, San Francisco, California
• August 7, 2003
  The role of community bank directors in strengthening corporate governance
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Community Bank Directors Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago,
  Des Moines, Iowa
• July 23, 2003
  An unwelcome fall in inflation?
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the Economics Roundtable, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
• June 26, 2003
  Bank management challenges in a low-interest-rate environment
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 Outreach Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri
• June 20, 2003
  Central bank talk: Does it matter and why?
  Governor Donald L. Kohn and Brian P. Sack, Senior Economist
  Presented at the Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, and Financial Stability Conference in honor of Charles Freedman, Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
• June 17, 2003
  Basel II: Some issues for implementation
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Basel Sessions 2003, Institute of International Finance, New York, New York
• June 16, 2003
  Managing business risks
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  Before the Oregon Bankers Association, Independent Community Banks of Oregon, and Idaho Bankers Association; Sunriver, Oregon
• June 13, 2003
  Community economic development
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation's 20th Anniversary Luncheon, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• June 11, 2003
  Soft hearts, hard data: The use of quantitative analysis in community development
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the 2003 Community Development Policy Summit, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
• June 11, 2003
  Uncertain times: Economic challenges facing the United States and Japan
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  Before the Japan Society, New York, New York
• June 11, 2003
  Strengthening compliance through effective corporate governance
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the American Bankers Association Annual Regulatory Compliance Conference, Washington, D.C.
• June 10, 2003
  Basel II: Scope of application in the United States
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  Before the Institute of International Bankers, New York, New York
  
• June 10, 2003
  Comment on “Good Policies for Bad Governments: Behavioral Political Economy” by Daniel J. Benjamin and David I. Laibson
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's 48th Economic Conference, Chatham, Massachusetts
  
• May 31, 2003
  Some Thoughts on Monetary Policy in Japan
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the Japan Society of Monetary Economics,
  Tokyo, Japan
  
• May 30, 2003
  Restoring our confidence in bank controls and financial statements
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  Before the Conference of State Bank Supervisors,
  Asheville, North Carolina
  
• May 22, 2003
  Assessing prospects for economic growth in the United States
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  Before the Chambers of Commerce of Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and Edina
  Bloomington, Minnesota
  
• May 16, 2003
  Commencement address
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  
• May 13, 2003
  Unveiling of the redesigned U.S. $20 note
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C.
  
• May 8, 2003
  Corporate governance
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the 2003 Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois
  (via satellite)
  
• May 7, 2003
  Corporate governance
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Institute of Internal Auditors Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
• April 28, 2003
  Basel II: A case study in risk management
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Risk Management Workshop for Regulators, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
  
• April 24, 2003
  Will business investment bounce back?
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the Forecasters Club, New York, New York
  
• April 24, 2003
  Loan guarantee programs
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  Before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C.
  
• April 10, 2003
  Basel II: Its implications for second-tier and community-size banks
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the 2003 Banking Institute, Center for Banking and Finance, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina
  
• April 9, 2003
  The Reagan legacy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, California
  
• April 9, 2003
  Basel II: A realist's perspective
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Risk Management Association's Conference on Capital Management, Washington, D.C.
  
• April 7, 2003
  Patent policy in a broader context
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  (on April 5, 2003)
  At the 2003 Financial Markets Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Sea Island, Georgia
  
• April 4, 2003
  Market economies and rule of law
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the 2003 Financial Markets Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Sea Island, Georgia (via satellite)
  
• April 3, 2003
  Financial education
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the JumpStart Coalition's Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  
• March 28, 2003
  Community economic development
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Federal Reserve System's Community Affairs Research Conference, Sustainable Community Development: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
  
• March 25, 2003
  A perspective on inflation targeting
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Annual Washington Policy Conference of the National Association of Business Economists, Washington, D.C.
  
• March 24, 2003
  Comments on Marvin Goodfriend's "Inflation Targeting in the United States?"
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Inflation Targeting, Bal Harbour, Florida
  (on January 25, 2003)
• March 13, 2003
  Community bank performance in the twenty-first century
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Conference on "Whither the Community Bank?" Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• March 7, 2003
  Global finance: Is it slowing?
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Banque de France International Symposium on Monetary Policy, Economic Cycle, and Financial Dynamics, Paris, France
  (via satellite)
• March 4, 2003
  Home mortgage market
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the annual convention of the Independent Community Bankers of America, Orlando, Florida
  (via satellite)
• February 28, 2003
  The strength in consumer durables and housing: policy stabilization or problem in the making?
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the Conference on Finance and Macroeconomics sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, San Francisco, California
  
• February 27, 2003
  Retirement savings, equity ownership, and challenges to investors
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At a joint presentation to the National Economics Club and the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession of the American Economic Association, Washington, D.C.
  
• February 21, 2003
  Balance sheets and the recovery
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the 41st Annual Winter Institute, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
  
• February 12, 2003
  Rules and flexibility in monetary policy
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr
  At the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  
• February 11, 2003
  Financial markets and corporate governance in the United States and other countries
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona
  
• February 6, 2003
  Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and corporate misbehavior--coincidence or contributor?
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the conference on the implementation of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, American Law Institute and the American Bar Association, Washington, D.C.
  
• February 5, 2003
  September 11, the Federal Reserve, and the financial system
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
  
• February 3, 2003
  "Constrained discretion" and monetary policy
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  Before the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York
  
• January 4, 2003
  Conducting monetary policy
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At a joint meeting of the North American Economic and Finance Association and the Allied Social Science Association, Washington, D.C.