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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.
- 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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