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- The Outlook for the Economy and Policy - November 16, 2009
- The Economic Club of New YorkNew York, New York When I last spoke at the Economic Club of New York a little more than a year ago, the financial crisis had just taken a...
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve - October 23, 2009
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic ConferenceChatham, Massachusetts The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this...
- Asia and the Global Financial Crisis - October 19, 2009
- The rise of the Asian economies since World War II has been one of the great success stories in the history of economic development. Japan's transition to an...
- Bernanke's Update on the Fed's Balance Sheet - October 8, 2009
- The Federal Reserve Board Conference on Key Developments in Monetary PolicyWashington, D.C. To fight a recession, the standard prescription for a central bank is to...
- Chairman Bernanke's Testimony on Regulatory Reform - October 1, 2009
- Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C. Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and other members of the Committee, I...
- Chairman Bernanke's Remarks at CBC Conference - September 25, 2009
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference Washington, D.C. Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to speak during the Congressional...
- Bernanke Accepts Obama's Re-Nomination - August 25, 2009
- Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to express my gratitude to President Obama for the confidence he has shown in me with this nomination and for his unwavering...
- Reflections on a Year of Crisis - August 21, 2009
- By the standards of recent decades, the economic environment at the time of this symposium one year ago was quite challenging. A year after the onset of the current...
- Bernanke's July Economic Report to Congress - July 21, 2009
- Before the House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to present the Federal Reserve's...
- The Fed's Exit Strategy - Wall Street Journal - July 21, 2009
- The depth and breadth of the global recession has required a highly accommodative monetary policy. Since the onset of the financial crisis nearly two...
- Bernanke's Testimony on the BoA/Merrill Deal - June 25, 2009
- Chairman Towns, Ranking Member Issa, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the Federal Reserve's role in the acquisition by the...
- Community Development Financial Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities - June 17, 2009
- I am pleased to be back at the Town Hall Education, Arts, and Recreation Campus for the Global Financial Literacy Summit. I commend the organizers and participants for...
- The U.S. Economy and the Federal Budget - June 3, 2009
- Committee on the Budget Chairman Spratt, Ranking Member Ryan, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to have this opportunity to offer my views on current...
- Ben Bernanke graduation speech at BC Law School - Ben Bernanke - May 26, 2009
- I am very pleased to have the opportunity to address the graduates of the Boston College Law School today. I realized with some chagrin that this is the third year...
- The Supervisory Capital Assessment Program - May 11, 2009
- My remarks this evening will focus on the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program, popularly known as the banking stress test. The federal bank regulatory agencies began...
- Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Banking Supervision - May 7, 2009
- After more than a year and a half of financial crisis, both bankers and policymakers must contend with two questions: What have we learned from this extraordinary...
- Bernanke's Testimony to the Joint Economic Comm. - May 5, 2009
- Chair Maloney, Vice Chairman Schumer, Ranking Members Brownback and Brady, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to be here today to offer my views on recent...
- Financial Innovation and Consumer Protection - April 17, 2009
- The Federal Reserve System's Sixth Biennial Community Affairs Research Conference Washington, D.C. The concept of financial innovation, it seems, has fallen on hard...
- How Did We Get Here? - USA Today - April 14, 2009
- Four Questions about the Financial Crisis - April 14, 2009
- Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia I am pleased to have the privilege of speaking today to the students and faculty of Morehouse College, the only all-male historically...
- The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet - April 3, 2009
- Though we have been creative in deploying our balance sheet, using a multiplicity of new programs (and coining a multiplicity of new acronyms, I might add), we have done...
- Bernanke's Testimony on AIG - March 24, 2009
- AIG's financial condition had been deteriorating for some time, caused by actual and expected losses on subprime mortgage-backed securities and on credit default swaps...
- The Financial Crisis and Community Banking - March 20, 2009
- Federal Reserve Actions to Address the Financial CrisisThe depth and complexity of the strains that have gripped financial markets and institutions since the summer of...
- Bernanke's Speech to the Council on Foreign Relations - March 10, 2009
- The global imbalances were the joint responsibility of the United States and our trading partners, and although the topic was a perennial one at international...
- Bernanke's Testimony to the Senate Budget Committee - March 3, 2009
- The financial crisis intensified considerably in the fall. In the United States, the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, were placed into...
- Bernanke's Testimony to the Senate Banking Committee - February 24, 2009
- The substantial declines in the prices of energy and other commodities last year and the growing margin of economic slack have contributed to a substantial lessening of...
- Bernanke's Speech on Easing Credit - February 18, 2009
- Each of these policy approaches involves the provision of credit or the purchase of debt securities by the Federal Reserve, which collectively have resulted in a...
- Bernanke's Remarks to the House Financial Services Committee - November 18, 2008
- The value of the TARP in promoting financial stability has already been demonstrated. The financial crisis intensified greatly in the latter part of September and...
- Laying the Groundwork for Recovery - Wall Street Journal - October 14, 2008
- Chairman Bernanke at the National Association for Business Econo - October 7, 2008
- Considerable experience in both industrialized and emerging economies has shown that severe financial instability, together with the associated declines in asset prices...
- Chairman Bernanke's Testimony to the Joint Economic Committee - September 24, 2008
- The Federal Reserve believes that, whenever possible, such difficulties should be addressed through private-sector arrangements--for example, by raising new equity...
- Chairman Bernanke's Prepared Testimony - Ben Bernanke - April 2, 2008