Speeches of Federal Reserve Officials

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• December 14, 2005
  Remarks on receipt of honorary degree
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Convocation, New York University, New York, New York
• December 6, 2005
  Linkages between Internal Capital Measures and Regulatory Capital Requirements
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the International Center for Business Information's Risk Management Conference: Basel Summit, Geneva, Switzerland
• December 5, 2005
  Economic Growth: Lessons from the Sioux Falls Experience
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At a Rotary Club luncheon, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• December 2, 2005
  International imbalances
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Advancing Enterprise Conference, London, England
• December 2, 2005
  Budget policy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  To the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Policy Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (videotaped remarks)
• November 30, 2005
  Recent Developments in Regulatory Capital
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Standard & Poor’s North American Financial Institutions Conference, New York, New York
• November 29, 2005
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  
  Recent Changes in Household Finances and Home Lending
  To the monthly meeting of the Epsilon Boule Fraternity for African-American Leaders, Washington, D.C.
  (on November 18)
• November 28, 2005
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  
  Financial Regulation: Seeking the Middle Way
  To the Fourth Joint Central Bank Research Conference on Risk Management and Systemic Risk, Frankfurt, Germany
  (via videoconference, on November 8)
• November 15, 2005
  Asset Price Levels and Volatility: Causes and Implications
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  To the Banco de Mexico International Conference, Mexico City, Mexico
• November 15, 2005
  Perspectives on the Development of a Unified National Payments System in the United States
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the First EU/U.S. Retail Banking Forum Conference, Brussels, Belgium
• November 14, 2005
  Stability and Economic Growth: The Role of the Central Bank
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Banco de Mexico's 80th Anniversary International Conference, Mexico City (via videoconference)
• November 7, 2005
  A Look at Fair Lending through the Lens of the New HMDA Data
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  Before the Consumer Bankers Association 2005 Fair Lending Conference, Arlington, Virginia
• November 3, 2005
  Monetary Credibility, Inflation, and Economic Growth
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Cato Institute 23rd Annual Monetary Conference on Monetary Institutions & Economic Development, Washington, D.C.
• October 27, 2005
  Opening remarks
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the dedication of the Houston Branch building of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston, Texas
• October 26, 2005
  Remarks on receipt of the Truman Medal for Economic Policy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Truman Medal Award and Economics Conference, Kansas City, Missouri
• October 19, 2005
  The Economic Outlook
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the 2006 Global Economic and Investment Outlook Conference, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• October 18, 2005
  Economic Outlook for the United States
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  To the Metropolitan Trenton African American Chamber of Commerce, Trenton, New Jersey
• October 17, 2005
  Energy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Japan Business Federation, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Tokyo, Japan
• October 13, 2005
  Update on the U.S. Economy and Fiscal Outlook
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Albers School of Business and Economics, Executive Speakers Series, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
  Governor Mark W. Olson presented identical remarks at the Fraser Institute Roundtable Luncheon, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on October 12, 2005
• October 12, 2005
  Update on the U.S. Economy and Fiscal Outlook
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Fraser Institute Roundtable Luncheon, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Governor Mark W. Olson presented identical remarks at the Albers School of Business and Economics, Executive Speakers Series, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, on October 13, 2005
• October 12, 2005
  Regulatory Issues
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the National Bankers Association Annual Convention, Beverly Hills, California
• October 12, 2005
  Economic flexibility
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the National Italian American Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• October 11, 2005
  Globalization, Inflation, and Monetary Policy
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the James R. Wilson Lecture Series, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
• September 29, 2005
  Inflation Modeling: A Policymaker’s Perspective
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the Quantitative Evidence on Price Determination Conference, Washington, D.C.
• September 28, 2005
  U.S. currency
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the unveiling of the new $10 note design, New York, New York
• September 27, 2005
  Economic flexibility
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  To the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (via satellite)
• September 26, 2005
  Mortgage banking
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  To the American Bankers Association Annual Convention, Palm Desert, California (via satellite)
• September 26, 2005
  Basel II Developments in the United States
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  Before the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C.
• September 24, 2005
  The Financial Stability Forum meeting
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson
  At the International Monetary and Financial Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• September 16, 2005
  Business Trends and Management Challenges for the Banking Industry
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Annual Economic Outlook Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• August 27, 2005
  Closing remarks
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• August 27, 2005
  Panel discussion: Financial Markets, Financial Fragility, and Central Banking
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• August 26, 2005
  Reflections on central banking
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• July 21, 2005
  Monetary Policy Perspectives on Risk Premiums in Financial Markets
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the Financial Market Risk Premiums Conference, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
• June 23, 2005
  Revisiting Traditional Paths to Ownership
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Community Development Policy Summit, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
• June 15, 2005
  Managing Risk in a Changing Economic and Financial Landscape
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the Banker’s Association for Finance and Trade and Institute of International Bankers Conference, New York, New York
• June 14, 2005
  Current Regulatory Issues
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the North Carolina Bankers Association 109th Annual Convention, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
• June 8, 2005
  Enhancing Risk Management under Basel II
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Risk USA 2005 Congress, Boston, Massachusetts
• June 7, 2005
  Community Banks: A Regulatory Update
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the American Bankers Association Chief Financial Officers Exchange Conference, Chicago, Illinois
• June 6, 2005
  Central Bank panel discussion
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  To the International Monetary Conference, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (via satellite)
• June 3, 2005
  The Health of the Banking Industry
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Annual Meeting of the Conference of State Banking Supervisors, San Antonio, Texas
• June 3, 2005
  HMDA Data and Their Effect on Mortgage Markets
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the National Association of Real Estate Editors, Washington, D.C.
• May 27, 2005
  Asset Prices and Monetary Liquidity
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  To the Seventh Deutsche Bundesbank Spring Conference, Berlin, Germany
• May 26, 2005
  Capital and Risk Management
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Women in Housing and Finance Spring Symposium, Capital Issues for Financial Institutions, Washington, D.C.
• May 26, 2005
  The Politics of Inflation Targeting
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Euromoney Inflation Conference, Paris, France
• May 20, 2005
  Energy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Economic Club of New York, New York, New York
• May 20, 2005
  Modeling Inflation: A Policymaker’s Perspective
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  To the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• May 19, 2005
  The Federal Reserve in an Electronic World
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the 2005 Payments Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• May 19, 2005
  Observations on Measuring and Managing Operational Risk under Basel II
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Federal Reserve System’s Conference on Implementing an Advanced Measurement Approach for Operational Risk, Boston, Massachusetts
• May 19, 2005
  Government-sponsored enterprises
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  To the Conference on Housing, Mortgage Finance, and the Macroeconomy, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia,
  (via satellite)
• May 17, 2005
  Financial Stability Benefits and Implementation Challenges of Basel II
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey’s International Conference on Financial Stability and Implications of Basel II, Istanbul, Turkey
• May 16, 2005
  Basel II
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Annual Washington Briefing Conference of the Financial Women's Association, Washington, D.C.
• May 15, 2005
  Commencement address
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• May 12, 2005
  Globalization: Evidence and Policy Implications
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  To the Association for Financial Professionals Global Corporate Treasurers Forum, San Francisco, California
  (via videoconference)
• May 5, 2005
  Risk Transfer and Financial Stability
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  To the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Forty-first Annual Conference on
  Bank Structure, Chicago, Illinois
  (via satellite)
• April 27, 2005
  The Evolution of Central Banking in the United States
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At a European Central Bank Colloquium in Honor of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, The European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
• April 22, 2005
  Imbalances in the U.S. Economy
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the 15th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
• April 21, 2005
  A First Step in Dealing with Growing Retirement Costs
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Spring 2005 Banking and Finance Lecture, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania
• April 20, 2005
  U.S. Current Account Deficit: Causes and Consequences
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  To the Economics Club of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• April 18, 2005
  The Economy and Managing Personal Finances
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Canisius College Richard J. Wehle School of Business Community Business Luncheon, Buffalo, New York
• April 14, 2005
  The Global Saving Glut and the U.S. Current Account Deficit
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Homer Jones Lecture, St. Louis, Missouri
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke presented similar remarks at the Sandridge Lecture, Virginia Association of Economists, Richmond, Virginia, on March 10, 2005. Data from that speech are updated.
• April 14, 2005
  Economic Outlook
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the 2005 Conference of Twelfth District Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
• April 8, 2005
  Consumer Finance
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Federal Reserve System’s Fourth Annual Community Affairs Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
• April 5, 2005
  Energy
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas
  (via satellite)
• March 31, 2005
  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Bank Secrecy Act, and Capital Issues
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Financial Services Roundtable Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida
• March 30, 2005
  Implementing Monetary Policy
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Redefining Investment Strategy Education Symposium, Dayton, Ohio
• March 18, 2005
  Empowering Communities, Attracting Development Capital, and Creating Opportunities
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the 2005 National Community Reinvestment Coalition Conference, Washington, D.C.
• March 14, 2005
  Bank Secrecy Act and Capital Compliance Issues
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C.
• March 11, 2005
  Bank regulation
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  Before the Independent Community Bankers of America National Convention, San Antonio, Texas (via videoconference)
• March 10, 2005
  The Global Saving Glut and the U.S. Current Account Deficit
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Sandridge Lecture, Virginia Association of Economics, Richmond, Virginia
  Governor Bernanke presented similar remarks with updated data at the Homer Jones Lecture, St. Louis, Missouri, on April 14, 2005.
• March 10, 2005
  Globalization
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York
• March 8, 2005
  The Economic Outlook
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At a Finance Committee luncheon of the Executives’ Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• March 2, 2005
  The Importance of Raising National Saving
  Governor Edward M. Gramlich
  At the Benjamin Rush Lecture, Dickinson College, Pennsylvania
• February 28, 2005
  Loan Quality and How It Reflects the Overall Economy
  Governor Mark W. Olson
  At the Government Affairs Conference of the Credit Union National Association, Washington, D.C.
• February 24, 2005
  Productivity
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Business Forum, Little Rock, Arkansas
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke presented identical remarks at the C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York, on January 19, 2005
• February 11, 2005
  Inflation in Latin America: A New Era?
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Economic Summit, Stanford, California
• February 7, 2005
  Behind the Scenes at the FOMC: How the Federal Reserve Determines Monetary Policy
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  At the Academic Speaker Series, University of Tennessee, Martin, Tennessee
• February 6, 2005
  Adam Smith
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At the Adam Smith Memorial Lecture, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
• February 4, 2005
  Current account
  Chairman Alan Greenspan
  At Advancing Enterprise 2005 Conference, London, England
• January 27, 2005
  Recessions and Recoveries Associated with Asset-Price Movements: What Do We Know?
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Real Estate Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. presented identical remarks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, California, on January 12, 2005
• January 19, 2005
  Productivity
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke presented identical remarks at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Business Forum, Little Rock, Arkansas, on February 24, 2005
• January 18, 2005
  The Economy and Challenges in Retirement Savings
  Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
  To Financial Executives International Baltimore Chapter, Baltimore, Maryland
• January 12, 2005
  Recessions and Recoveries Associated with Asset-Price Movements: What Do We Know?
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  At the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, California
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. presented identical remarks at the Real Estate Roundtable, Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2005
• January 9, 2005
  Central Bank Communication
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  At the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• January 7, 2005
  Interpreting Labor Market Statistics in the Context of Monetary Policy
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
  To the 2005 Annual Convention, Allied Social Science Associations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• January 7, 2005
  Panel Discussion: The Transition from Academic to Policymaker
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke
  At the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• January 6, 2005
  Crisis Management: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable
  Governor Donald L. Kohn
  Wharton/Sloan/Mercer Oliver Wyman Institute Conference “Financial Risk Management in Practice” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania