Global Financial Markets Spotlight

July 20, 2010
Federal Reserve announces agreement with the Treasury Department regarding a reduction of credit protection provided for the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)

July 14, 2010
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, May 9 and June 22-23, 2010

January 13, 2010
The Public Policy Case for a Role for the Federal Reserve in Bank Supervision and Regulation



Please refer below for historical context and detail.

Initiatives

Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF)
Press Release
Terms and Conditions
FAQs

Money Market Investor Funding Facility (MMIFF)
Press Release
Terms and Conditions
FAQs

Over-the Counter Derivatives
Press Release: October 31, 2008 - New York Fed Welcomes Further Industry Commitments on Over-the-Counter Derivatives


Testimony

October 23, 2008
Governor Duke: Foreclosure Prevention Efforts and Market Stability
Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate

October 20, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: Economic Outlook and Financial Markets
Before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

September 24, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: Economic Outlook
Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress
 
September 23, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: U.S. Financial Markets
Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate (and on September 24, 2008 Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives)
 

Speeches

November 14, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challenges," Fifth European Central Bank Central Banking Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, Policy Coordination Among Central Banks

November 6, 2008
Governor Warsh: "The Promise and Peril of the New Financial Architecture," Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York

October 31, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "The Future of Mortgage Finance in the United States," UC Berkeley/UCLA Symposium: The Mortgage Meltdown, the Economy, and Public Policy, Berkeley, California

October 20, 2008
Governor Kroszner: "Strategic Risk Management in an Interconnected World," Risk Management Association Annual Risk Management Conference, Baltimore, Maryland

October 15, 2008
Vice Chairman Kohn: "Economic Outlook," Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance, New York, New York

October 15, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "Stabilizing the Financial Markets and the Economy," Economic Club of New York, New York, New York

October 14, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: Remarks, President's Working Group Market Stability Initiative Announcement, Washington, D.C.

October 7, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "Current Economic and Financial Conditions," National Association for Business Economics 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

September 11, 2008
Vice Chairman Kohn: "Financial Regulation in a System Context," "Beyond Leveraged Losses: The Balance Sheet Effects of the Home Price Downturn," and "The Central Role of House Prices in the Financial Crisis: How Will the Market Clear?," Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C.

August 22, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "Reducing Systemic Risk," Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Annual Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

July 8, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "Financial Regulation and Financial Stability," Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Forum on Mortgage Lending for Low and Moderate Income Households, Arlington, Virginia

July 2, 2008
Governor Mishkin: "Global Financial Turmoil and the World Economy," Caesarea Forum of the Israel Democracy Institute, Eliat, Israel

May 13, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "Liquidity Provision by the Federal Reserve," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, Sea Island, Georgia

April 14, 2008
Governor Warsh: "Financial Market Turmoil and the Federal Reserve: The Plot Thickens," New York University School of Law Global Economic Policy Forum, New York, New York

April 10, 2008
Chairman Bernanke: "Addressing Weaknesses in the Global Financial Markets: The Report of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets," World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond's Virginia Global Ambassador Award Luncheon, Richmond, Virginia