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Statements and Speeches of Ben S. Bernanke
2002-2014
This is a collection of transcripts of public statements and lecture materials of Ben S. Bernanke. Bernanke served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from August 5, 2002, to June 21, 2005, and as chairman from February 1, 2006, to January 31, 2014. Bernanke also served as chair of the the Council of Economic Advisers from June 21, 2005 to January 31, 2006.
- 2000s
- Asset-Price "Bubbles" and Monetary Policy : Remarks before the New York Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics, New York, New York
- On Milton Friedman's Ninetieth Birthday : Remarks before the Conference to Honor Milton Friedman, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here : Remarks before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C.
- 'Constrained Discretion' and Monetary Policy : Remarks before the Money Marketeers, New York, New York
- Balance Sheets and the Recovery : Remarks before the 41st Annual Winter Institute, Center for Economic Education, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
- A Perspective on Inflation Targeting : Remarks before the Annual Washington Policy Conference, National Association of Business Economists, Washington, D.C.
- Will Business Investment Bounce Back? : Remarks before the Forecasters Club, New York, New York
- Some Thoughts on Monetary Policy in Japan : Remarks before the Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Tokyo, Japan
- Soft Hearts, Hard Data: The Use of Quantitative Analysis in Community Development : Remarks before the 2003 Community Development Policy Summit: The Evolution of Market-Based Solutions, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- An Unwelcome Fall in Inflation? : Remarks before the Economics Roundtable, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- The Economic Outlook : Remarks before the Bloomberg Panel for the Outlook on the U.S. Economy, New York, New York
- Monetary Policy and the Stock Market: Some Empirical Results : Fall 2003 Banking and Finance Lecture, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania
- Statement on His Renomination to the Board : Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
- Panel discussion at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 28th Annual Policy Conference, Inflation Targeting: Prospects and Problems
- Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Conference: The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose, Dallas, Texas
- The Jobless Recovery : Remarks at the Global Economic and Investment Outlook Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Remarks at the Meetings of the American Economic Association, San Diego, California
- Conducting Monetary Policy at Very Low Short Term Interest Rates : At the Meetings of the American Economic Association, San Diego, California
- Monetary Policy and the Economic Outlook: 2004 : Remarks at the Meetings of the American Economic Association and the North American Economic and Finance Association, San Diego, California
- Conducting Monetary Policy at Very Low Short-term Interest Rates : Remarks at the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies Lecture, Geneva, Switzerland
- The Great Moderation : Remarks before the Meetings of the Eastern Economic Association, Washington, D.C.
- The Euro at Five : Remarks at the Institute for International Economics Conference "Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role?" Washington, D.C.
- Money, Gold, and the Great Depression : Remarks at the H. Parker Willis Lecture in Economic Policy, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
- Monetary Policy Modeling: Where Are We and Where Should We be Going? : Remarks at the Conference Models and Monetary Policy: Research in the tradition of Dale Henderson, Richard Porter, and Peter Tinsley, Washington, D.C.
- Trade and Jobs : Distinguished Speakers Series, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Remarks to the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and Federal Reserve Board Joint News Conference, Washington, D.C.
- What Policymakers can Learn from Asset Prices : Remarks before The Investment Analyst Society of Chicago
- Financial Access for Immigrants: The Case of Remittances : Remarks at the Conference "Financial Access for Immigrants: Learning from Diverse Perspectives," Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Remarks on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy : At the Annual Meeting of the Bond Market Association, New York, New York
- Remarks on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy : At the World Economy Laboratory Spring Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Gradualism : Remarks at an Economics Luncheon Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Seattle Branch) and the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role? : Remarks at the European Economics and Financial Center Conference, Paris, France
- The Implementation of Basel II: Some Issues for Cross-Border Banking : Remarks at the Annual Breakfast Dialogue, Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C.
- Central Bank Talk and Monetary Policy : Remarks at the Corporate Luncheon, The Japan Society, New York, New York
- Panel Discussion: What Have We Learned Since October 1979 : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Conference, "Reflections on Monetary Policy: Twenty five Years after 1979"
- International Monetary Reform and Capital Freedom : Remarks at the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
- Oil and the Economy : Remarks at the Distinguished Lecture Series, Darton College, Albany, Georgia
- The Logic of Monetary Policy : Remarks before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C.
- Panel Discussion: The Transition from Academic to Policymaker : Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Productivity : Remarks at the C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York
- Inflation in Latin America: A New Era? : Remarks at the Economic Summit, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, California
- The Economic Outlook : Remarks at a Finance Committee Luncheon of the Executives' Club of Chicago
- The Global Saving Glut and the U.S. Current Account Deficit : Remarks at the Sandridge Lecture, Virginia Association of Economics, Richmond, Virginia
- Implementing Monetary Policy : Remarks at the RI.S.E. Symposium, Dayton, Ohio
- The Global Saving Glut and the U.S. Current Account Deficit : Remarks at the Homer Jones Lecture, St. Louis, Missouri
- Nomination Hearing : Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
- Remarks at Ceremonial Swearing-In
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- The Benefits of Price Stability : Public Lecture at the Center for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton University, New Jersey
- Community Banking and Community Bank Supervision in the Twenty-First Century : Remarks at the National Convention and Techworld, Independent Community Bankers of America, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Reflections on the Yield Curve and Monetary Policy : Remarks before the Economic Club of New York
- Financial Education and the National Jump$tart Coalition Survey : Remarks at the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and Federal Reserve Board Joint News Conference, Washington, D.C.
- By the Numbers: Data and Measurement in Community Economic Development : Remarks via Satellite to the Greenlining's Thirteenth Annual Economic Development Summit "Building for the Future," Los Angeles, California
- Outlook of the U.S. Economy : Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress
- Community Revitalization: Lessons from Anacostia : Remarks before Operation Hope's Anacostia Economic Summit
- Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk : Remarks before the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's 2006 Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, GA
- Basel II: Its Promise and Its Challenges : Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's 42nd Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, IL
- Financial Literacy : Statement before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate
- Panel Discussion: Comments on the Outlook for the U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy : At the International Monetary Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Commencement Address at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Modern Risk Management and Banking Supervision : Remarks at the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Washington, D.C.
- Increasing Economic Opportunity: Challenges and Strategies : Remarks before the Fifteenth Congressional District of Texas' Fifth Regional Issues Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Energy and the economy : Remarks before the Economic Club of Chicago
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representative
- Global Economic Integration: What's New and What's Not? : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Thirtieth Annual Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Productivity : Remarks before Leadership South Carolina, Greenville, South Carolina
- Remarks on the Occasion of the Presentation of "Order of the Palmetto," Dillon, South Carolina
- The Coming Demographic Transition: Will We Treat Future Generations Fairly? : Remarks before the Washington Economic Club, Washington, D.C.
- Bank Regulation and Supervision: Balancing Benefits and Costs : Remarks via Satellite before the Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association, Phoenix, Arizona and the Annual Convention of America's Community of Bankers, San Diego, California
- Community Development Financial Institutions: Promoting Economic Growth and Opportunity : Remarks before the Opportunity Finance Network's Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Monetary Aggregates and Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve: a Historical Perspective : Remarks before the Fourth ECB Central Banking Conference, Frankfurt, Germany
- The Economic Outlook : Remarks before the National Italian American Foundation, New York, New York
- Opening Remarks at the Fourth Conference of the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy, Washington, D.C.
- The Chinese Economy: Progress and Challenges : The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Bejing, China
- Central Banking and Bank Supervision in the United States : Remarks at the Allied Social Science Association Annual Meetings before the American Economic Association/American Finance Association, Chicago, IL
- Long-Term Fiscal Challenges Facing the United States : Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate
- The Level and Distribution of Economic Well-Being : Remarks before the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Omaha, Nebraska
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Statement before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Long-Term Fiscal Challenges and the Economy : Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives
- Globalization and Monetary Policy : Remarks before the Fourth Economic Summit, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, CA
- GSE Portfolios, Systemic Risk, and Affordable Housing : Remarks via Satellite before the Independent Community Bankers of America's Annual Convention and Techworld, Honolulu, Hawaii
- The Economic Outlook : Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress
- The Community Reinvestment Act: Its Evolution and New Challenges : Remarks at the Community Affairs Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Financial Regulation and the Invisible Hand : Remarks at the New York University Law School, New York, New York
- Greater Washington Jump$tart Coalition Financial Education Event : Remarks at the Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Washington, D.C.
- Embracing the Challenge of Free Trade: Competing and Prospering in a Global Economy : Remarks to the Montana Economic Development Summit 2007, Butte, Montana
- Regulation and Financial Innovation : Remarks via Satellite to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2007 Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia
- The Subprime Mortgage Market : Remarks before the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Forty-third Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois
- Recognizing Leadership : Remarks to the Princeton Prize in Race Relations Rewards Program, Washington, D.C.
- The Housing Market and Subprime Lending : Remarks via Satellite to the 2007 International Monetary Conference, Cape Town, South Africa
- The Financial Accelerator and the Credit Channel : Remarks at a Conference on the Credit Channel of Monetary Policy in the Twenty-first Century, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Inflation Expectations and Inflation Forecasting : Remarks at the Monetary Economics Workshop of the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Housing, Housing Finance, and Monetary Policy : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Global Imbalances: Recent Developments and Prospects : Bundesbank Lecture, Berlin, Germany
- Subprime Mortgage Lending and Mitigating Foreclosures : Statement before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Education and Economic Competitiveness : U.S. Chamber Education and Workforce Summit, Washington, D.C.
- Opening Remarks to the Conference on John Taylor's Contributions to Monetary Theory and Policy
- The Recent Financial Turmoil and its Economic and Policy Consequences : Remarks before the New York Economic Club
- Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty : Remarks via Videoconference to the Annual Policy Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Microfinance in the United States : Remarks before Accion Texas, San Antonio
- The Economic Situation and Outlook : Statement before the Joint Economic Committee
- Federal Reserve Communications : Remarks before the Cato Institute's Twenty-fifth Annual Monetary Conference, Washington, D.C.
- National and Regional Economic Overview : A Speech at the Presentation of the Citizen of the Carolinas Award, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Financial Markets, the Economic Outlook, and Monetary Policy : Remarks before Women in Housing and Finance and Exchequer Club, Washington, D.C.
- The Economic Outlook : Statement before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives
- The Economy and Financial Markets : Statement before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Reducing Preventable Mortgage Disclosures : Remarks before the Independent Community Bankers of America, Orlando, Florida
- Fostering Sustainable Home Ownership : Remarks at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
- The Economic Outlook : Statement before the Joint Economic Committee
- Developments in the Financial Markets : Statement before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
- The Importance of Financial Education and the National Jump$tart Coalition Survey : Remarks at the Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy and Federal Reserve Board Joint News Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Addressing Weaknesses in the Global Financial Markets: The Report of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets : Remarks at the World Affairs Council, Richmond, Virginia
- Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures : Remarks at the 32nd Annual Dinner, Distinguished Leadership in Government Award, Columbia School of Business, New York, New York
- Liquidity Provision by the Federal Reserve : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia
- Risk Management in Financial Institutions : Remarks at the 44th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Remarks on the Economic Outlook : A Speech at the International Monetary Conference, Barcelona, Spain (via Satellite)
- Remarks on Class Day 2008, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Outstanding Issues in the Analysis of Inflation : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's 52nd Annual Economic Conference, Chatam, Massachusetts
- Dedication of the New Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Building : A Speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
- Challenges for Health-Care Reform : Remarks at the Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Summit, Washington, D.C.
- Financial Regulation and Financial Stability : Remarks at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Forum on Mortgage Lending for Low and Moderate Income Households, Arlington, Virginia
- Regulatory Restructuring : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
- Reducing Systemic Risk : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Annual Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Remarks on Historically Black Colleges and Universities : At the 2008 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Financial Markets : Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
- U.S. Financial Markets : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Current Economic and Financial Conditions : Remarks before the 50th Annual Meeting, National Association for Business Economics, Washington, D.C.
- Remarks to the President's Working Group Market Stability Initiative Announcement, Washington, D.C.
- Stabilizing the Financial Markets and the Economy : Remarks before the Economic Club of New York
- Economic Outlook and Financial Markets : Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives
- The Future of Mortgage Finance in the United States : Remarks via Satellite to the UC Berkeley/UCLA Symposium: The Mortgage Meltdown, the Economy, and Public Policy, Berkeley, CA
- Policy Coordination Among Central Banks : Remarks at the Fifth European Central Bank Central Banking Central Banking Conference, "The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challenges," Frankfurt, Germany
- Troubled Asset Relief Program and the Federal Reserve's Liquidity Facilities : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Federal Reserve Policies in the Financial Crisis : Remarks before the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin, Texas
- Housing, Mortgage Markets, and Foreclosures : Remarks at the Federal Reserve System Conference on Housing and Mortgage Markets, Washington, D.C.
- The Crisis and the Policy Response : Remarks at the Stamp Lecture, London School of Economics, London, England
- Federal Reserve Programs to Strengthen Credit Markets and the Economy : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Federal Reserve Policies to Ease Credit and their Implications for the Fed's Balance Sheet : Remarks at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
- Current Economic and Financial Conditions and the Federal Budget : Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate
- Remarks at the Interstate Interchange Dedication Ceremony, Dillon, South Carolina
- Financial Reform to Address Systemic Risk : Remarks before the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C.
- The Financial Crisis and Community Banking : Remarks at the Independent Community Bankers of America's National Convention and Techworld, Phoenix, Arizona
- American International Group : Statement before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 2009 Credit Markets Symposium, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Four Questions About the Financial Crisis : Remarks at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
- Financial Innovation and Consumer Protection : Remarks at the Federal Reserve System's Sixth Biennial Community Affairs Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
- The Economic Outlook : Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress
- Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Banking Supervision : Remarks via Satellite to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 2009 Financial Structure Conference, Chicago, Illinois
- The Supervisory Capital Assessment Program : Remarks at the 2009 Financial Markets Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jekyll Island, Georgia
- Remarks at the 2009 Commencement Boston College School of Law, Newton, Massachusetts
- Current Economic and Financial Conditions and the Federal Budget : Statement before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives
- Welcoming Remarks : At the Conference on Financial Markets and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
- Community Development Financial Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities : Remarks at the Global Financial Literacy Summit, Washington, D.C.
- Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America : Testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives
- Remarks at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 125th Anniversary Celebration, Washington, D.C.
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Regulatory Restructuring : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Reflections on a Year of Crisis : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Annual Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Regulatory Reform : Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet: An Update : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Board Conference on Key Developments in Monetary Economics, Washington, D.C.
- Asia and the Global Financial Crisis : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Conference on Asia and the Global Financial Crisis, Santa Barbara, California
- Financial Regulation and Supervision After the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve : Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, Massachusetts
- On the Outlook for the Economy and Policy : Remarks at the Economic Club of New York
- Confirmation Hearing : Testimony the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
- Frequently Asked Questions : Remarks at The Economic Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.
- 2010s
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