Statements and Speeches of William Poole

1998

• July 15, 1998 - Economic growth: Is the Fed irrelevant? (204.4K)
  Presented to the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association, Leadership Circle.

• September 16, 1998 - A policymaker confronts uncertainty (291.4K)
  Presented to the St. Louis Gateway Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics, St. Louis.

• October 22, 1998 - Is inflation too low? (457.2K)
  Remarks prepared for 16th Annual Monetary Conference, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.

• October 26, 1998 - Whither the U.S. credit markets? (834.0K)
  Remarks before a meeting of the Construction Financial Managers Association, co-sponsored by the Associated Builders and Contractors and the Builders Exchange, Louisville, Kentucky.

• December 3, 1998 - That mysterious FOMC (231.8K)
  Remarks before a meeting of the Economic Club of Memphis, Tennessee.

1999

• January 12, 1999 - The structure of our changing banking industry: Let the market decide (279.4K)
  Remarks before the Missouri Bankers Association, Acapulco, Mexico.

• January 21, 1999 - The U.S. credit markets: Is the trauma over? (1.1M)
  Remarks before the St. Louis Society of Financial Analysts, St. Louis.

• February 12, 1999 - What is the Fed doing in the education business? (303.5K)
  Remarks before the Academy of Economics and Finance, Little Rock.

• March 16, 1999 - Monetary policy rules? (507.5K)
  The Jeffrey and Kathryn Cole Honors College Lecture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

• April 16, 1999 - A St. Louis Fed perspective on long-term economic growth (361.8K)
  Remarks before the National Association of Manufacturers, Board of Directors Meeting, Tucson, Arizona.

• April 28, 1999 - The Federal Reserve as a democratic institution (408.7K)
  The Hutchinson Lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

• July 29, 1999 - Inflation hawk = Employment dove (267.0K)
  Remarks before the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.

• August 6, 1999 - Synching, not sinking, the markets (293.4K)
  Meeting of the Philadelphia Council for Business Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

• September 21, 1999 - Are real interest rates too high? (243.7K)
  Money marketeers of New York University, New York City.

• September 27, 1999 - Prosperity: Just how good has it been for the labor market? (243.1K)
  Missouri State Treasurer, Missouri Municipal League, GFOA of Missouri, Missouri School Board Association, Missouri County Treasurers Association, Jefferson City, Missouri.

• October 26, 1999 - Productivity puzzles (398.3K)
  University of Tennessee. Martin, Tennessee.

• November 4, 1999 - Communicating the stance of monetary policy (332.8K)
  University of Missouri, Columbia.

• December 2, 1999 - The international connection: The Asian crisis and U.S. economic activity (252.3K)
  Noonday Club Meeting, St. Louis.

2000

• February 16, 2000 - The impact of monetary policy on agriculture (402.8K)
  ASU Convocation Center, Jonesboro, Arkansas.

• February 24, 2000 - Great monetary myths (369.6K)
  St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.

• April 7, 2000 - Perspectives on productivity (313.4K)
  Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.

• April 25, 2000 - The critical role of economic education in the conduct of monetary policy (313.8K)

• October 11, 2000 - Monetary aggregates and monetary policy in the 21st century (381.1K)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Massachusetts.

• October 14, 2000 - Confidence and central banking (1.0M)
  Fain lecture in celebration of George Borts' 50th year as Professor of Economics at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

• November 28, 2000 - Expectations (567.6K)
  22nd Henry Thornton Lecture, City University Business School, London, England.

• November 30, 2000 - How well do the markets understand Fed policy? (750.9K)
  Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt, Germany.

2001

• January 15, 2001 - Monetary policy in uncertain times (253.0K)
  Missouri Bankers Association Senior Bank Management Conference, Acapulco, Mexico.

• January 18, 2001 - Coping with monetary policy risks (341.5K)
  Risk Management Association, Memphis.

• February 15, 2001 - Economic forecasts and monetary policy (312.3K)
  Arkansas Business and Economic Society and The Central Arkansas Chapter of the Risk Management Association, Little Rock.

• March 27, 2001 - The euro - engine for prosperity (123.4K)
  European Banking & Financial Forum 2001, Czech National Bank Congress Center, Prague.

• April 10, 2001 - Does the United States have a current account deficit disorder? (1.2M)
  Business and Community Leaders Luncheon, The Lannom Center, Dyersburg, Tennessee.

• May 4, 2001 - Getting markets in synch with monetary policy (343.8K)
  First Annual Missouri Economics Conference, University of Missouri-Columbia.

• September 5, 2001 - What role for asset prices in U.S. monetary policy? (349.9K)
  Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.

• September 10, 2001 - The role of monetary policy in the current macroeconomic environment (187.5K)
  National Association for Business Economics 43rd Annual Meeting, New York City, New York.

• September 20, 2001 - Our economic prospects: One economist's perspective (230.6K)
  Risk Management Association, Evansville, Indiana.

• October 18, 2001 - The role of government in U.S. capital markets (342.4K)
  The Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California at Davis.

• November 20, 2001 - Market responses to economic stress (215.9K)
  Little Rock Downtown Rotary Club, Little Rock Arkansas.

• November 27, 2001 - Financial system robustness (209.0K)
  Financial Executives International, St. Louis.

• November 30, 2001 - Central bank transparency: Why and how? (186.4K)
  The Philadelphia Fed Policy Forum, Philadelphia.

2002

• January 11, 2002 - What is happening in the U.S. economy? (255.5K)
  AAIM Management Association, St. Louis.

• January 21, 2002 - Flation (349.3K)
  International Mass Retail Association (IMRA), Scottsdale, Arizona.

• February 2, 2002 - Eulogy for Darryl R. Francis, 1912-2002 (115.9K)
  Delivered in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• February 13, 2002 - The role of anecdotal information in Fed policymaking (311.5K)
  Century Club Breakfast, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis.

• March 8, 2002 - The role of finance in the investment bust of 2001 (412.7K)
  Annual Southwestern Finance Association Meeting, St. Louis.

• April 4, 2002 - Dynamics of the recession and the recovery (346.7K)
  Lambuth University, Jackson, Tennessee

• April 11, 2002 - Inflation, recession, and the recovery (276.2K)
  Midwest Economic Education Conference, St. Louis.

• April 25, 2002 - As easy as PIE: productivity, innovation, and education (299.8K)
  Annual technology transfer showcase for the University of Missouri system.

• July 12, 2002 - Fed policy to the bond yield (270.7K)
  Midwest Region of the National Association of State Treasurers, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis.

• August 4, 2002 - Financial stability (413.7K)
  The Council of State Governments Southern Legislative Conference Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

• August 26, 2002 - Taking stock: The state of the business recovery (347.6K)
  Midwestern States Association of Tax Administrators Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.

• October 22, 2002 - The Fed's role in community development (198.6K)
  Talk given at Rays of Hope: A New Day for America's Distressed Urban Areas Conference, East St. Louis, Illinois.

• November 15, 2002 - From professor to policy maker: Emerging from the shadow (327.9K)
  Washington University's Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri.

• December 5, 2002 - Institutions for stable prices: How to design an optimal central bank law. (309.2K)
  First conference of the Monetary Stability Foundation at the Regional Office of Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany.

• December 20, 2002 - Growth prospects for the U.S. economy (287.8K)
  Address before the AAIM Management Association, St. Louis.

2003

• February 28, 2003 - Whither investment? (200.3K)
  Missouri Valley Economics Association, St. Louis, Missouri.

• March 5, 2003 - Booms, recessions, and the economically disadvantaged (308.7K)
  School of Business & Management, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

• March 10, 2003 - Housing in the economy (451.3K)
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Symposium, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

• April 10, 2003 - The labor market and economic growth (273.4K)
  Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Third Annual Rutman Lecture, Edwardsville, Illinois.

• April 15, 2003 - Shocks and more shocks (149.8K)
  Thirteenth Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the U.S. and World Economies Session on Monetary Policy and the U.S. and World Economies. The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York City.

• April 24, 2003 - The Fed's role in maintaining financial stability (270.8K)
  University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas.

• May 19, 2003 - The labor market and economic growth (307.1K)
  Washington Legislative Update Conference, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Washington, D.C.

• August 21, 2003 - Fed transparency: How, not whether (454.0K)
  Luncheon address before the Global Interdependence Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

• September 4, 2003 - Prospects and risks in the bond market (266.7K)
  Dinner address before the St. Louis Financial Analysts Society.

• September 25, 2003 - The role for self-regulation and voluntary compliance incentives in the design of pension systems (584.7K)
  Address before the OECD Conference on Pension Reform in Russia: From Legislation to Implementation, Moscow.

• October 14, 2003 - Economic growth and the real rate of interest (310.8K)
  Address before Bryant College, Providence, Rhode Island.

• November 14, 2003 - A perspective on U.S. international capital flows (385.0K)
  Address before the Tucson Chapter of the Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR), Tucson, Arizona.

• November 19, 2003 - A perspective on U.S. international trade (426.5K)
  Address before the Louisville Society of Financial Analysts, Louisville, Kentucky.

• November 21, 2003 - A monetary policymaker's perspective (141.7K)
  Address and panel discussion before the Cato Institute Book Forum Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the publication "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960" by Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz (Princeton University Press, 1963). Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.

2004

• February 24, 2004 - State of the U.S. Economy (278.1K)
  Address before AAIM Management Association, St. Louis, Missouri.

• February 25, 2004 - Best guesses and surprises (421.8K)
  Address before the Charlotte Economics Club, Charlotte, North Carolina.

• March 25, 2004 - Trade, wages, and employment (388.5K)
  Address before the LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee.

• March 30, 2004 - Allowing entrepreneurship (271.1K)
  Address before the Evansville Rotary Club, Evansville, Indiana.

• April 6, 2004 - Inflation signals and inflation noise (368.8K)
  Address before the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Peabody Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas.

• May 6, 2004 - Panel on government sponsored enterprises (240.6K)
  Remarks before the 40th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago.

• June 15, 2004 - Free trade: Why are economists and noneconomists so far apart? (383.1K)
  Globalization and Outsourcing Conference, Reuters America, Inc.

• September 10, 2004 - Panel discussion on challenges for U.S. businesses (148.9K)
  'Growing Global' program with the World Trade Center in St. Louis, MO

• October 4, 2004 - World population trends and challenges (312.7K)
  Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri.

• October 6, 2004 - FOMC transparency (440.1K)
  Ozark chapter of the Society of Financial Services Professionals, Springfield, Missouri.

• October 8, 2004 - Safeguarding good policy practice (193.0K)

• October 19, 2004 - Social security reform and demographic reality (341.7K)
  Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi.

• November 27, 2004 - Maintaining financial stability: A central banker's perspective (357.4K)
  Czech Economic Association Conference

2005

• January 13, 2005 - GSE risks (605.3K)
  The St. Louis Society of Financial Analysts, St. Louis, Missouri.

• January 20, 2005 - The outlook: Mississippi and the nation (370.5K)
  Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference.

• February 24, 2005 - Demographic challenges to the state pension systems around the world (366.8K)
  Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri.

• March 8, 2005 - A perspective on the graying population and current account deficit (469.4K)
  Global Economic Outlook (GEO) Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida.

• April 2, 2005 - How should the Fed communicate? (251.4K)
  "The Future of the Federal Reserve" Center for Economic Policy Studies (CEPS), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

• April 7, 2005 - Improving productivity in higher education (423.7K)
  Webster University, St. Louis, MO

• April 19, 2005 - Staying out of the way of entrepreneurs (229.9K)
  Conference on Striking the Right Notes on Entrepreneurship, Memphis, Tennessee.

• May 11, 2005 - The economic outlook (330.2K)
  AAIM Management Association, St. Louis, MO

• June 14, 2005 - Understanding the term structure of interest rates (356.6K)
  Money Marketeers, New York.

• July 6, 2005 - Remarks: Panel on "After Greenspan: Whither Fed Policy?" (155.0K)
  Western Economic Association International Conference (WEAI), San Francisco.

• October 4, 2005 - How predictable is Fed policy? (509.5K)
  University of Washington, Seattle.

• October 14, 2005 - The Fed's monetary policy rule (525.5K)
  Cato Institute, Washington. D.C.

• November 9, 2005 - How dangerous is the U.S. current account deficit? (384.0K)
  Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO

• November 17, 2005 - Inflation tracking (355.1K)
  Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY

• November 30, 2005 - Communicating the Fed's policy stance (326.8K)
  H/M Treasury, GES Conference, London, U.K.

2006

• February 16, 2006 - Inflation targeting (520.3K)
  Junior Achievement of Arkansas Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas.

• February 24, 2006 - Fed communications (395.4K)
  St. Louis Forum, St. Louis, Missouri

• March 8, 2006 - Recent developments in housing markets: A national and local perspective (1.3M)
  St. Louis, Missouri

• March 30, 2006 - The role of Federal Reserve Banks in the Federal Reserve System (281.1K)
  Annual Global Student Investment Forum: Redefining Investment Strategy Education (RISE), University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.

• May 18, 2006 - Inversion (326.2K)
  Global Interdependence Center Central Bank Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia.

• June 16, 2006 - The role of anecdotal information in monetary policy (215.6K)
  The Bank of Korea International Conference on Monetary Policy in an Environment of Low Inflation, Seoul, Korea.

• July 31, 2006 - Chinese growth: A source of U.S. export opportunities (530.1K)
  Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee, The Council of State Governments' Southern Legislative Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.

• August 31, 2006 - Understanding the Fed (516.1K)
  Speech given during the Dyer County Chamber of Commerce Annual Membership Luncheon in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

• September 11, 2006 - The monetary policy model (214.8K)
  National Association of Business Economics Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

• September 29, 2006 - Data dependence (379.6K)
  Middle Tennessee State University, Annual Economic Outlook Conference, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

• October 16, 2006 - Data, data, and yet more data (252.1K)
  The Association for University Business and Economic Research Annual Meeting, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.

• November 14, 2006 - U.S. labor input in coming years (371.1K)
  Chartered Financial Analysts Society of Philadelphia, Wilmington, Delaware.

• November 16, 2006 - Responding to financial crises: What role for the Fed? (225.5K)
  Panel discussion at the Cato Institute, 24th Annual Monetary Conference, Washington D.C.

2007

• January 17, 2007 - The GSEs: Where do we stand? (431.0K)
  Chartered Financial Analysts of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.

• February 9, 2007 - State of the U.S. economy (370.9K)
  AAIM Management Association, St. Louis.

• February 15, 2007 - U.S. Saving (572.3K)
  CFA Society of Nebraska

• March 2, 2007 - Energy prices and the U.S. business cycle (231.6K)
  Global Interdependence Center Abroad in Chile Conference, American Chamber of Commerce in Chile Breakfast, Santiago, Chile.

• March 5, 2007 - Inflation , financial stability, and economic growth (356.8K)
  Global Interdependence Center (GIC) Abroad in Chile Conference, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile.

• April 2, 2007 - Understanding inflation (620.4K)
  New York Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics, New York.

• April 16, 2007 - Changing world demographics and trade imbalances (434.8K)
  The American European Community Association, Brussels, Belgium.

• July 20, 2007 - Reputation and the non-prime mortgage market (546.3K)
  St. Louis Association of Real Estate Professionals, St. Louis.

• July 24, 2007 - Energy and the U.S. Macro Economy (494.5K)
  Wilmington Club, Wilmington, Delaware.

• July 25, 2007 - Greece and the Euro (140.0K)
  Global Independence Center Black Tie Gala in Celebration of Greece. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• July 31, 2007 - Milton and money stock control (228.5K)
  Milton Friedman luncheon, University of Missouri- Columbia, Columbia, Missouri .

• August 17, 2007 - U.S. export opportunities (919.7K)
  Arkansas Minority Business Development Roundtable, Little Rock, Arkansas.

• August 25, 2007 - Protecting exports (265.3K)
  Session on Regional Economic Trends, Southern Governors' Association Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi.

• September 6, 2007 - Jobs and trade (336.4K)
  Delivered at the European Economics & Financial Centre Conference, London

• September 28, 2007 - Thinking like a central banker (316.0K)
  Market News International, New York.

• October 9, 2007 - Real estate in the U.S. economy (2.3M)
  Speech before the Industrial Asset Management Council Convention, St. Louis

• November 7, 2007 - Market healing (1.0M)
  Speech delivered at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Minnesota

• November 30, 2007 - Market bailouts and the "Fed put" (575.7K)
  Given before the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.

2008

• January 9, 2008 - Dollars and sense (248.9K)
  Speech given before the Financial Planning Association of Missouri and Southern Illinois, St. Louis.

• February 11, 2008 - Reflections (297.0K)
  Speech given before the St. Louis Gateway Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics, St. Louis.

• February 20, 2008 - Inflation dynamics (389.2K)
  Speech delivered at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri

• February 29, 2008 - Panel discussion on balancing financial stability, price stability, and macroeconomic stability: How important is moral hazard? (241.2K)
  U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York

• March 6, 2008 - Financial innovation: Engine of growth or source of instability? (311.6K)
  Speech delivered at the University of Illinois-Springfield, Springfield, Illinois.