Speeches and Interviews

Current Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman
Donald L. Kohn, Vice Chairman    
Randall S. Kroszner
Kevin M. Warsh
Frederic S. Mishkin

Links to speeches and profiles are to the Board of Governors web site.

Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman (Profile)
Ben S. Bernanke was sworn in on February 1, 2006, as Chairman and a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Dr. Bernanke also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policymaking body.
He was appointed as a member of the Board to a full 14-year term, which expires January 31, 2020, and to a four-year term as Chairman, which expires January 31, 2010. Interview, The Region, June 2004

• Financial Regulation and Financial Stability, July 8, 2008
• Challenges for Health-Care Reform, June 16, 2008
• Outstanding Issues in the Analysis of Inflation, June 9, 2008
• Remarks on the Economic Outlook, June 3, 2008
• More speeches

Donald L. Kohn, Vice Chairman (Profile)
Donald L. Kohn took the oath of office Friday, June 23, 2006 for a
four-year term as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ending June 23, 2010. Kohn originally took office on August 5, 2002, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a full term ending January 31, 2016.

• Global Economic Integration and Decoupling, June 26, 2008
• Lessons for Central Bankers from a Phillips Curve Framework,
• June 11, 2008
• More speeches

Randall S. Kroszner (Profile)
Randall S. Kroszner took office on March 1, 2006, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2008.

• Federal Reserve's Initiatives to Support Minority-Owned Institutions and Expand Consumer Protection, July 17, 2008
• Protecting Consumers in the Credit Marketplace, June 11, 2008
• Financial Market Developments and Credit Conditions,
  June 6, 2008
• Prospects for Recovery and Repair of Mortgage Markets,
  May 22, 2008
• More speeches

Kevin M. Warsh (Profile)
Kevin M. Warsh took office on February 24, 2006, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2018.

• The Federal Funds Rate in Extraordinary Times, May 21, 2008
• Financial Market Turmoil and the Federal Reserve: The Plot Thickens, April 14, 2008
• More speeches

Frederic S. Mishkin (Profile)
Frederic S. Mishkin took office on September 5, 2006, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2014.

• Global Financial Turmoil and the World Economy, July 2, 2008
• How Should We Respond to Asset Price Bubbles? May 15, 2008
• Central Bank Commitment and Communication, April 3, 2008
• More speeches

Former Governors - Speeches and Region Interviews

Congressional Testimony, via the Board of Governors

Federal Reserve Board Membership 1914-Present,
via the Board of Governors

Speeches by Federal Reserve Bank Presidents

Gary H. Stern, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Profile)
Became president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in March 1985. Stern joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in January 1982 as senior vice president and director of research.

Other Federal Reserve Bank Presidents