Statements and Speeches of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr.

1998

• March 4, 1998 - The Asian crisis: lessons to be learned and relearned : remarks before America's Community Bankers, Washington, D.C. (56.4K)

• March 9, 1998 - Bank supervision : lessons from the consulting perspective : remarks before the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Washington, D.C. (58.7K)

• March 19, 1998 - The changing banking environment and emerging questions for public policy : remarks before the Ohio Bankers Day Conference, Columbus, Ohio (48.5K)

• April 4, 1998 - The Federal Reserve's role in the payments system and its effect on competition : remarks before the Bankers Roundtable, Phoenix, Arizona (57.1K)

• April 16, 1998 - Are banks safe for the world and is the world safe for banks? : remarks before the Urban Bankers Coalition, Inc., New York, New York (54.5K)

• June 4, 1998 - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives (172.7K)

• July 9, 1998 - Exercising caution and vigilance in monetary policy : remarks, Distinguished Speaker Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (56.9K)

• July 20, 1998 - Themes in international bank supervision : remarks before the International Banking Conference, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Arlington, Virginia (51.2K)

• September 17, 1998 - The state of the U.S. economy : near term challenges and long term changes: remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (54.6K)

• September 29, 1998 - Electronic banking : where are the customers? What do they think? What does it mean for the Federal Reserve? : remarks at the Bank Administration Institute's Symposium on Payments System Strategy, Washington, D.C. (51.6K)

• October 14, 1998 - The role for small businesses as viewed by a macroeconomic policymaker : remarks at the Florida Black Business Investment Board, Tallahassee, Florida (50.8K)

• October 16, 1998 - The challenge of preparing for the year 2000 : remarks at the Global Year 2000 Summit, London, England (47.5K)

• October 22, 1998 - Three themes in search of an audience : remarks at a meeting of Women in Housing and Finance, Washington, D.C. (42.5K)

• October 27, 1998 - Some observations on the future of the financial services sector and related public policy issues : remarks at the College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts (58.2K)

1999

• January 3, 1999 - Looking forward, looking back : thoughts on the start of a new year : remarks at the National Economic Association Forum, New York, New York (52.3K)

• January 15, 1999 - The making of monetary policy : remarks at the East Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce, East Hanover, New Jersey (53.1K)

• January 21, 1999 - The international millennium challenge : remarks at the Bank Administration Institute, Orlando, Florida (54.2K)

• February 11, 1999 - Latin America: lessons learned from the last twenty years : remarks at the Florida International Bankers Association, Inc., Miami, Florida (52.9K)

• February 25, 1999 - Evolution of financial institutions and markets : private and policy implications : remarks at the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York (49.4K)

• March 3, 1999 - Global financial integration: historical perspective and policy implications : remarks at the Annual Policy Seminar of the National Association for Business Economics, Washington, D.C. (52.1K)

• March 16, 1999 - Small business access to capital: current status and initiatives : remarks at the National Black Business Council, Washington, D.C. (48.6K)

• April 13, 1999 - The payments system and year 2000 : current preparations and challenges : remarks before the National Automated Clearing House Association, Atlanta, Georgia (55.1K)

• June 10, 1999 - The making of monetary policy : remarks before the East Hanover (N.J.) Area Chamber of Commerce, East Hanover, New Jersey (53.8K)

• June 22, 1999 - Public information and public confidence in the year 2000 : remarks before the second Global Y2K National Coordinators Conference, United Nations, New York, New York (34.5K)

• July 29, 1999 - Continuing the countdown to Year 2000 : focusing on public disclosure and public confidence : remarks before the George Washington University Y2K Group, Washington, D.C. (50.0K)

• September 9, 1999 - Transparency and responsibility in monetary policy : remarks before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C. (53.6K)

• September 21, 1999 - Is information technology the key to higher productivity growth in the United States and abroad? : remarks before the 2000 Global Economic & Investment Outlook Conference, Carnegie Bosch Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (56.3K)

• September 28, 1999 - Year 2000: ninety-four days and counting : remarks before the Wallenberg Forum at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (55.3K)

• October 6, 1999 - Year 2000: eighty-six days and counting : remarks before the National Association of Federal Credit Unions, Washington, D.C. (61.8K)

• October 28, 1999 - Financial market lessons for bankers and bank supervisors : remarks before the Bond Market Association, New York, N.Y. (56.9K)

2000

• January 7, 2000 - Tale of two continents : a comparison of Asian and Latin American experiences during recent financial turmoil : remarks before the National Economic Association, Boston, Massachusetts (64.2K)

• February 17, 2000 - The new economy: unanswered questions for 2000 : remarks before the Downtown Economists Club, New York, New York (53.8K)

• March 6, 2000 - Convergence of regulatory standards : a work in process : remarks at the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C. (56.2K)

• April 6, 2000 - Realism during times of opportunity : remarks at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania (52.3K)

• May 4, 2000 - Electronic commerce, banking, and payments : remarks at the 36th annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois (52.3K)

• May 9, 2000 - Conversation with leaders of the "new economy" : remarks at the New Economy Forum, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Portola Valley, California (138.2K)

• May 11, 2000 - Economic policy for our era: the Ohio experience : remarks at the Cleveland Millennium Conference 2000, Cleveland, Ohio (59.0K)

• May 12, 2000 - Economic policy for our era: the Florida experience : remarks before the Florida Council of 100, Washington, D.C. (54.0K)

• May 22, 2000 - Community banks: opportunities and challenges in the "post modernization era" : remarks before the Independent Community Bankers of America, Washington, D.C. (125.1K)

• May 26, 2000 - Umbrella supervision : emerging approaches : remarks before the National Association of Urban Bankers, Urban Financial Services Coalition, San Francisco, California (56.3K)

• September 15, 2000 - Some recent findings regarding the economic conditions of minority Americans : remarks before the Coalition of Black Investors, Washington, D.C. (55.1K)

• October 11, 2000 - Perspectives on innovation in the retail payments system : remarks at a Workshop on Promoting the Use of Electronic Payments, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (54.2K)

• October 19, 2000 - Financial education: the next chapter in community development : remarks before the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (51.8K)

• October 20, 2000 - Information technology in banking and supervision : remarks at the Financial Services Conference 2000, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri (56.2K)

• October 31, 2000 - Opportunities and challenges in community banking : remarks at America's Community Bankers annual convention, Seattle, Washington (56.5K)

• December 6, 2000 - Technology, macroeconomics, and monetary policy : comments at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York (59.3K)

2001

• January 12, 2001 - Domestic macroeconomic developments: past, present, and future : remarks at the Bay Area Council 2001 Outlook Conference, Oakland, California (55.5K)

• January 25, 2001 - G-10 study of financial sector consolidation : statement at the Task Force on Financial Sector Consolidation, press briefing, London, U.K. (42.2K)

• February 14, 2001 - E-commerce: lessons learned to date : remarks at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (60.1K)

• February 27, 2001 - Understanding financial consolidation : remarks at a conference sponsored by the Securities Industry Association and the University of North Carolina School of Law, New York, New York (60.5K)

• March 9, 2001 - Understanding financial consolidation : remarks at the International Banking and Financial Systems Conference, Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy (53.8K)

• April 5, 2001 - Understanding financial consolidation : remarks at the Conference on Financial Innovation and Monetary Transmission, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (57.6K)

• April 19, 2001 - Transparency in central banking : rationale and recent developments : remarks before the National Economists Club and Society of Government Economists, Washington, D.C. (58.8K)

• April 26, 2001 - Understanding financial consolidation : remarks at the eleventh annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on Financial Structure, Jerome Levy Economics Institute, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (56.9K)

• May 17, 2001 - Statement before the Small Business Committee, United States House of Representatives (131.4K)

• May 21, 2001 - A few thoughts on financial sector and payments activities : remarks before the Independent Community Bankers of America, Washington, D.C. (58.7K)

• June 13, 2001 - Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate (80.6K)

• June 14, 2001 - The productivity experience of the United States : past, present, and future : remarks at the U.S. Embassy, The Hague, the Netherlands, via videoconference (53.8K)

• July 18, 2001 - Reflections on the capital goods overhang : remarks before the Charlotte Economics Club, Charlotte, North Carolina (58.3K)

• August 31, 2001 - Technology, information production, and market efficiency : remarks at a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (56.0K)

• September 4, 2001 - The evolving financial and payment system : remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (50.6K)

• October 16, 2001 - Credit risk management: models and judgment : remarks at the Bond Market Association's first annual Credit and Risk Management Conference, New York, New York (55.8K)

• November 8, 2001 - Certified public accountants : partners in financial stability : remarks at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants National Conference on Banks and Savings Institutions, Washington, D.C. (50.0K)

2002

• January 8, 2002 - Why central banks should talk : remarks at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (61.3K)

• January 16, 2002 - Developments in the U.S. economy: review and outlook : remarks before the Economic Club of Colorado, Denver, Colorado (49.7K)

• February 7, 2002 - Some Observations on the Evolution of the Financial Services Industry and Public Policy: Remarks at the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions, University of Miami School of Law, Sixth Annual Institute on Mergers and Acquisitions, Miami, Florida (116.8K)

• February 27, 2002 - A review of economic developments in 2001 and the economic outlook : remarks at the Canton Forum Speaker Series, Canton, Ohio (50.0K)

• March 4, 2002 - A supervisory perspective on disaster recovery and business continuity : remarks before the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C. (48.3K)

• March 4, 2002 - Back to the future in managing banking risk : remarks at Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia (58.1K)

• April 24, 2002 - Testimony before the Small Business Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (138.6K)

• May 9, 2002 - Implications of 9/11 for the financial services sector : remarks at the Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (57.2K)

• May 11, 2002 - Thoughts on success in life : remarks at Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri (40.9K)

• May 13, 2002 - Reflections on financial literacy : remarks before the National Council on Economic Education and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Washington, D.C. (42.2K)

• May 21, 2002 - Community and regional banks : increasing complexity and risk-management needs : remarks at the 106th annual convention of the North Carolina Bankers Association, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (51.4K)

• September 17, 2002 - Should financial stability be an explicit Central Bank objective? : remarks [from a] paper presented to an International Monetary Fund conference on Challenges to Central Banking from Globalized Financial Markets, Washington, D.C. (89.8K)

• September 25, 2002 - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives (103.7K)

• October 3, 2002 - Business continuity after September 11 : remarks at the SWIFT Sibos World Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (51.7K)

• October 9, 2002 - Central banks and markets : remarks at the Bond Market Association 2002 awards dinner, New York, New York (41.7K)

• October 16, 2002 - Remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Houston Branch building of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston, Texas (40.0K)

• October 24, 2002 - Productivity growth : a realistic assessment : remarks at the Stockton Lectures 2002, London Business School, London, England (52.0K)

• November 12, 2002 - Recent experience and economic outlook : remarks at the 2003 Global Economic and Investment Outlook Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (54.3K)

• November 12, 2002 - Economic progress and small business : remarks before the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (58.2K)

• November 20, 2002 - Financial engineering and financial stability : remarks 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, N.Y. (61.3K)

2003

• February 5, 2003 - September 11, the Federal Reserve, and the financial system : remarks at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (52.6K)

• February 12, 2003 - Rules and flexibility in monetary policy : remarks at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (62.6K)

• February 27, 2003 - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives (226.6K)

• April 3, 2003 - Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate (128.4K)

• April 5, 2003 - Patent policy in a broader context : remarks at the 2003 Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia (40.8K)

• April 8, 2003 - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives (92.3K)

• April 9, 2003 - Basel II: a realist's perspective : remarks at the Risk Management Association's Conference on Capital Management, Washington D.C. (68.3K)

• April 28, 2003 - Basel II: a case study in risk management : remarks at the Risk Management Workshop for Regulators, World Bank, Washington, D.C. (61.6K)

• May 16, 2003 - Expectations : commencement address at the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (48.1K)

• June 10, 2003 - Basel II: scope of application in the United States : remarks before the Institute of International Bankers, New York, New York (70.0K)

• June 11, 2003 - Uncertain times : economic challenges facing the United States and Japan : remarks before the Japan Society, New York, New York (55.4K)

• June 17, 2003 - Basel II: some issues for implementation : remarks at the Basel Sessions, Institute of International Finance, New York, New York (64.8K)

• June 18, 2003 - Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate (240.7K)

• June 19, 2003 - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives (220.6K)

• October 8, 2003 - The future of financial services -- revisited : remarks at the Future of Financial Services Conference, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts (63.8K)

• October 8, 2003 - Remarks at the opening of the New England Economic Adventure at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts (37.7K)

• October 14, 2003 - Statement before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate (61.5K)

• November 13, 2003 - The proposed U.S. approach to regulatory capital : an update : remarks at the conference on the Changing Regulatory Capital Regime in Europe : a challenging new business concept, via videoconference, Brussels, Belgium (60.6K)

• November 21, 2003 - Economic outlook : remarks at the Executives' Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (50.5K)

• December 2, 2003 - Concerns and considerations for the practical implementation of the New Basel Accord : remarks at the ICBI Risk Management 2003 Conference, Geneva, Switzerland (68.9K)

2004

• January 4, 2004 - Lessons from past productivity booms : remarks at the meetings of the American Economic Association, San Diego, California (133.1K)

• April 8, 2004 - Macroeconomic outlook and uncertainties : remarks to the Twelfth District Community Leaders Luncheon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (57.8K)

• April 23, 2004 - Global imbalances : remarks at the European Institute Roundtable on Financial and Monetary Affairs, Washington, D.C. (49.3K)

• May 17, 2004 - The role of central banks in fostering efficiency and stability in the global financial system : remarks to the National Bank of Belgium, Conference on Efficiency and Stability in an Evolving Financial System, Brussels, Belgium (60.3K)

• May 22, 2004 - Economics and ethical behaviors : remarks, 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award, Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C. (41.7K)

• July 7, 2004 - Productivity : past, present, and future : remarks to the New York Association for Business Economics Meeting, New York, N.Y. (58.7K)

• July 21, 2004 - A retrospective on business-cycle recoveries : are "jobless" recoveries the new norm? : remarks at the Exchequer Club of Washington Luncheon, Washington, D.C. (131.5K)

• October 6, 2004 - Questions and reflections on the personal saving rate : remarks to the National Bankers Association, Nashville, Tennessee (66.1K)

• October 7, 2004 - Free trade : what do economists really know? : remarks to the Conference on Trade and the Future of American Workers, Washington, D.C. (85.1K)

• October 8, 2004 - Safeguarding good policy practice through maintaining flexibility : remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Conference, Reflections on Monetary Policy: Twenty-five Years after October 1979, St. Louis, Missouri (60.1K)

• October 26, 2004 - Factors influencing business investment : remarks at the Greater Issues Series, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina (57.7K)

• October 29, 2004 - Equilibrium real interest rate : theory and application : remarks to the University of Connecticut, School of Business Graduate Learning Center and the SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator, Hartford, Connecticut (56.6K)

2005

• January 7, 2005 - Interpreting labor market statistics in the context of monetary policy : remarks to the Andrew Brimmer Policy Forum : National Economic and Financial Policies for Growth, Employment, and the Improvement of Equity, The 2005 Annual Convention, Allied Social Science Associations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (152.9K)

• January 12, 2005 - Recessions and recoveries associated with asset-price movements : what do we know? : remarks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, California (259.3K)
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. presented identical remarks at the Real Estate Roundtable, Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2005

• January 27, 2005 - Recessions and recoveries associated with asset-price movements : what do we know? : remarks at the Real Estates Roundtable, Washington, D.C. (200.6K)
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. presented identical remarks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, California, on January 12, 2005

• April 20, 2005 - U.S. current account deficit : causes and consequences : remarks to the Economics Club of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (457.3K)

• April 27, 2005 - The evolution of central banking in the United States : remarks at a colloquium in honor of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany (59.3K)

• May 12, 2005 - Globalization : evidence and policy implications : remarks via videoconference to the Association for Financial Professionals Global Corporate Treasurers Forum, San Francisco, California (82.5K)

• May 27, 2005 - Asset prices and monetary liquidity : remarks to the Seventh Deutsche Bundesbank Spring Conference, Berlin, Germany (118.9K)

• September 24, 2005 - Remarks at the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting, Washington, D.C. (40.5K)

• September 28, 2005 - Remarks at the unveiling event for the new $10 note, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York (35.5K)

• October 18, 2005 - Economic outlook for the United States : remarks to the metropolitan Trenton African American Chamber of Commerce, Trenton, N.J. (55.4K)

• November 3, 2005 - Monetary credibility, inflation, and economic growth : remarks to the Cato Institute, 23rd annual Monetary Conference on Monetary Institutions & Economic Development, Washington, D.C. (57.4K)

• November 8, 2005 - Financial regulation : seeking the middle way : remarks via videoconference to the fourth Joint Central Bank Research Conference on Risk Management and Systemic Risk, Frankfurt, Germany (50.9K)

• November 15, 2005 - Asset price levels and volatility : causes and implications : remarks to the Banco de Mexico international conference, Mexico City, Mexico (63.2K)

• November 18, 2005 - Recent changes in household finances and home lending : remarks to the monthly meeting of the Epsilon Boule fraternity for African-American leaders, Washington, D.C. (58.3K)

2006

• February 16, 2006 - Speech to the Financial Stability Forum, International Accounting Standards Board, and International Federation of Accountants Roundtable on Financial Reporting and Auditing, via videoconference, Paris, France (82.1K)

• February 23, 2006 - Globalization, insurers, and regulators : shared challenges call for collaborative solutions : remarks to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), International Insurance Symposium, Washington, D.C. (91.6K)

• February 24, 2006 - The importance of education : remarks for commemoration of Black History Month at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland (120.4K)

• March 3, 2006 - Economic outlook for the United States : remarks to the Howard University Economics Forum, Washington, D.C. (139.1K)

• March 31, 2006 - Financial regulation : seeking the middle way : remarks to the Institute of International Finance, Spring 2006 membership meeting, Zurich, Switzerland (90.8K)

• April 17, 2006 - Thoughts on financial stability and central banking : remarks to the Conference on Modern Financial Institutions, Financial Markets, and Systemic Risk, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (150.2K)