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Speeches of Federal Reserve Officials

December 11, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Capitalism and the role of globalization
Before the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas

December 2, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Concerns and Considerations for the Practical Implementation of the New Basel Accord
At the ICBI Risk Management 2003 Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

November 22, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Functional Regulation and Financial Modernization
At the annual meeting of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, Santa Fe, New Mexico

November 21, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Economic Outlook
At the Executives' Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

November 20, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Current Account
At the 21st Annual Monetary Conference, Cosponsored by the Cato Institute and The Economist, Washington, D.C.

November 14, 2003
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
Remarks on preserving and improving affordable rental housing
At a meeting on rental housing hosted by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Washington, D.C.

November 13, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
The Proposed U.S. Approach to Regulatory Capital: An Update
At the conference on The Changing Regulatory Capital Regime in Europe: A Challenging New Business Concept, Brussels, Belgium
(via videoconference)

November 6, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
The jobless recovery
At the Global Economic and Investment Outlook Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

November 6, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Remarks
At the Securities Industry Association annual meeting, Boca Raton, Florida

October 31, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Effective Market Discipline: The Roles of Auditors, Companies, and Analysts
At the Conference on Market Discipline, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

October 29, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Remarks
At the Federal Reserve Payments System Development Committee 2003 Conference, Washington, D.C.

October 24, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Remarks
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
Governor Donald L. Kohn
Panel discussion
At the 28th Annual Policy Conference: Inflation Targeting: Prospects and Problems, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

October 17, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Panel discussion
At the 28th Annual Policy Conference: Inflation Targeting: Prospects and Problems, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

October 9, 2003
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
An update on the predatory lending issue
At the Texas Association of Bank Counsel 27th Annual Convention, South Padre Island, Texas

October 8, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Remarks
At the opening of the New England Economic Adventure at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

October 8, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
The future of financial services--Revisited
At the Future of Financial Services Conference, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts

October 8, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Comments on the current state of the economy
At the Annual Economic Outlook Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

October 2, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Monetary policy and the stock market: Some empirical results
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
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
Maintaining price stability
Before the Economic Club of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

September 26, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Financial education
At the 33rd Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C.

September 24, 2003
Governor Donald L. Kohn
Productivity and monetary policy
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Monetary Seminar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 22, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Increased availability of financial products and the need for improved financial literacy
At the America's Community Bankers 2003 National Compliance and Attorneys Conference and Marketplace, San Antonio, Texas

September 4, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
The economic outlook
Before the Bloomberg Panel for the Outlook on the U.S. Economy, New York, New York

September 4, 2003
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
Economic and financial education
At the Georgia Summit on Economic and Financial Education, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

August 29, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Monetary policy under uncertainty
At a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

August 18, 2003
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
Remarks
At the 25th anniversary of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and the NeighborWorks® System, Washington, D.C.

August 10, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Effective corporate governance and the role of counsel
At the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, San Francisco, California

August 7, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
The role of community bank directors in strengthening corporate governance
At the Community Bank Directors Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago,
Des Moines, Iowa

July 23, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
An unwelcome fall in inflation?
Before the Economics Roundtable, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

June 26, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Bank management challenges in a low-interest-rate environment
At the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 Outreach Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri

June 20, 2003
Governor Donald L. Kohn and Brian P. Sack, Senior Economist
Central bank talk: Does it matter and why?
Presented at the Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, and Financial Stability Conference in honor of Charles Freedman, Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

June 17, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: Some issues for implementation
At the Basel Sessions 2003, Institute of International Finance, New York, New York

June 16, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Managing business risks
Before the Oregon Bankers Association, Independent Community Banks of Oregon, and Idaho Bankers Association; Sunriver, Oregon

June 13, 2003
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
Community economic development
At the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation's 20th Anniversary Luncheon, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

June 11, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Soft hearts, hard data: The use of quantitative analysis in community development
At the 2003 Community Development Policy Summit, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio

June 11, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Uncertain times: Economic challenges facing the United States and Japan
Before the Japan Society, New York, New York

June 11, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Strengthening compliance through effective corporate governance
At the American Bankers Association Annual Regulatory Compliance Conference, Washington, D.C.

June 10, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: Scope of application in the United States
Before the Institute of International Bankers, New York, New York

June 10, 2003
Governor Donald L. Kohn
Comment on “Good Policies for Bad Governments: Behavioral Political Economy” by Daniel J. Benjamin and David I. Laibson
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's 48th Economic Conference, Chatham, Massachusetts

May 31, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Some Thoughts on Monetary Policy in Japan
Before the Japan Society of Monetary Economics,
Tokyo, Japan

May 30, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Restoring our confidence in bank controls and financial statements
Before the Conference of State Bank Supervisors,
Asheville, North Carolina

May 22, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Assessing prospects for economic growth in the United States
Before the Chambers of Commerce of Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and Edina
Bloomington, Minnesota

May 16, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Commencement address
At the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

May 13, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Unveiling of the redesigned U.S. $20 note
At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C.

May 8, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Corporate governance
At the 2003 Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois
(via satellite)

May 7, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Corporate governance
At the Institute of Internal Auditors Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April 28, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: A case study in risk management
At the Risk Management Workshop for Regulators, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

April 24, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Will business investment bounce back?
Before the Forecasters Club, New York, New York

April 24, 2003
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
Loan guarantee programs
Before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C.

April 10, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Basel II: Its implications for second-tier and community-size banks
At the 2003 Banking Institute, Center for Banking and Finance, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina

April 9, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
The Reagan legacy
At the Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, California

April 9, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: A realist's perspective
At the Risk Management Association's Conference on Capital Management, Washington, D.C.

April 7, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Patent policy in a broader context
(on April 5, 2003)
At the 2003 Financial Markets Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Sea Island, Georgia

April 4, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Market economies and rule of law
At the 2003 Financial Markets Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Sea Island, Georgia (via satellite)

April 3, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Financial education
At the JumpStart Coalition's Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

March 28, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Community economic development
At the Federal Reserve System's Community Affairs Research Conference, Sustainable Community Development: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why

March 25, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
A perspective on inflation targeting
At the Annual Washington Policy Conference of the National Association of Business Economists, Washington, D.C.

March 24, 2003
Governor Donald L. Kohn
(on January 25, 2003)
Comments on Marvin Goodfriend's "Inflation Targeting in the United States?"
At the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Inflation Targeting, Bal
Harbour, Florida

March 13, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Community bank performance in the twenty-first century
At the Conference on "Whither the Community Bank?" Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

March 7, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Global finance: Is it slowing?
At the Banque de France International Symposium on Monetary Policy, Economic Cycle, and Financial Dynamics, Paris, France
(via satellite)

March 4, 2003
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Home mortgage market
At the annual convention of the Independent Community Bankers of America, Orlando, Florida
(via satellite)

February 28, 2003
Governor Donald L. Kohn
The strength in consumer durables and housing: policy stabilization or problem in the making?
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
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Retirement savings, equity ownership, and challenges to investors
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
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Balance sheets and the recovery
At the 41st Annual Winter Institute, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

February 12, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr
Rules and flexibility in monetary policy
At the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

February 11, 2003
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Financial markets and corporate governance in the United States and other countries
At Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona

February 6, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and corporate misbehavior--coincidence or contributor?
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
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
September 11, the Federal Reserve, and the financial system
At Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

February 3, 2003
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
"Constrained discretion" and monetary policy
Before the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York

January 4, 2003
Governor Edward M. Gramlich
Conducting monetary policy
At a joint meeting of the North American Economic and Finance Association and the Allied Social Science Association, Washington, D.C.

 
Last update: December 11, 2003