DIARY-Federal Reserve Events

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MEETINGS

FOMC MEETING DATES:

2009

(STATEMENT RELEASED 1415 EDT/1815 GMT ON SECOND DAY)

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 28-29

Tuesday-Wednesday, June 23-24

Tuesday-Wednesday, August 11-12

Tuesday-Wednesday, September 22-23

(STATEMENT RELEASED 1415 EST/1915 GMT ON SECOND DAY)

Tuesday-Wednesday, November 3-4

Tuesday-Wednesday, December 15-16

2010

Tuesday-Wednesday, January 26-27, 2010

Thursday, March 26

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve's Consumer Advisory Council

holds its first open meeting of 2009, 0900 EDT/1300 GMT. The

council will discuss the Making Home Affordable and

Neighborhood Stabilization programs and other measures to

prevent foreclosures; current availability of credit to

consumers and small businesses; proposed rules regarding

overdraft services, and other issues. Federal Reserve, Martin

Building, 20th and C streets N.W., Terrace Level, Dining Room

E. Contact: Ann Bistay, 202 452 6470 or Jennifer Kerslake, 202

452 6470. RSVP online by March 24:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/secure/forms/cacregistration.cfm

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FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE

Friday, April 3

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben

Bernanke speaks before the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Third Annual Credit Markets Symposium, 'Looking Forward:

Rebuilding the Credit Markets,' 1230 EDT/1630 GMT. Speech

topic, Q&A TBA. NOTE: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

President Jeffrey Lacker introduces Chairman Bernanke. Marriott

City Center Hotel, 100 West Trade Street. Information:

[email protected] or 704 358 2525. RSVP online:

https://www.frbconferences.org/richmond/09symposium/. Hotel:

704 333 9000

Friday, April 17

WASHINGTON - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben

Bernanke gives luncheon speech before the 'Innovative Financial

Services for the Underserved: Opportunities and Outcomes'

conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Event begins 1200 EDT/1600 GMT. Speech time, topic, Q&A TBA.

Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street N.W.

Information: http://www.kc.frb.org/carc2009/. Hotel: 202 898

9000

Thursday, May 7

CHICAGO - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

speaks before the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 45th Annual

Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, 0830 CDT/0930

EDT/1330 GMT. Speech topic, Q&A TBA. Hotel Intercontinental,

505 N. Michigan Ave. Information:

http://www.chicagofed.org/news_and_conferences/conferences_and_events/2009_bsc_agenda.cfm

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OTHER FED OFFICIALS

Thursday, March 26

PARIS - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis

Lockhart participates in 'Food, Water, Inflation and Monetary

Policy' panel before the Global Interdependence Center 'Abroad

in Paris' conference, 0500 EDT/0900 GMT (1000 Paris time).

Audience Q&A expected. No media Q&A. Banque de France, 3 rue de

la Vrilliere, 75001 PARIS. RSVP: Erin Hartshorn, 215 898 9453,

cell 215 279 0474 or [email protected]; Banque de

France contact: Corinne Dromer, 33 1 42 92 39 00 (press

office), 33 1 42 92 44 30 (direct) or

[email protected]. Information:

www.interdependence.org

DAYTON, Ohio - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President

Richard Fisher speaks on the current economic crisis and

globalization before the Redefining Investment Strategy

Education (RISE) IX Conference, 1200 EDT/1600 GMT. Audience Q&A

expected. Media Q&A TBD. University of Dayton Arena, 1801 Edwin

Moses Blvd. Musr RVVP: Michelle Prescott, 215 732 3200 or

[email protected]. Information:

http://www.sba.udayton.edu/rise/RISEIXProfessionalBrochure.pdf

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

President Jeffrey Lacker speaks on 'Financial Conditions and

the Economic Outlook' before the Charleston Metro Chamber of

Commerce 2009 Economic Outlook Conference and Luncheon, 1240

EDT/1640 GMT. Audience and media Q&As expected. Charleston

Place, 205 Meeting Street. RSVP: Emily Watts, 843 805 3053,

cell 843 830 5257 or [email protected]. Technical

contact at hotel: Krista Trombley, 843 724 8105. Information:

http://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/media_advisories/2009/20090326_charleston.cfm

MINNEAPOLIS - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President

Gary Stern speaks on 'Better Late Than Never: Addressing

Too-Big-To-Fail' before the Economic Club of Minnesota, 1230

CDT/1330 EDT/1730 GMT. Audience Q&A expected. No media Q&A.

Minneapolis Club, 729 Second Avenue South. Contacts: Kristin

Robbins, [email protected] AND Patti Lorenzen, 612 204 5261 or

[email protected]

Tuesday, March 31

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President

Gary Stern speaks on 'Facing--and Fixing--Too Big to Fail' and

participates in panel at an event hosted by the Brookings

Institution. Event begins 0900 EDT/1300 GMT. Audience Q&A

expected. Media Q&A TBA. 1775 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Falk

Auditorium. Contact: 202 797 6105 or [email protected].

Information:

http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/0331_too_big_to_fail.aspx

CHICAGO - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President

Charles Plosser speaks on 'Financial Regulatory Reform' before

a Distinguished Speaker Series presented by the University of

Chicago Booth School of Business, 1200 CDT/1300 EDT/1700 GMT.

Audience and media Q&As expected. University of Chicago Booth

School of Business, 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Rom 104. Contact:

Allan Friedman, 773 702 9232 or

[email protected]

Friday, April 3

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

President Jeffrey Lacker makes introductory remarks before the

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Third Annual Credit Markets

Symposium, 'Looking Forward: Rebuilding the Credit Markets,'

shortly before 1230 EDT/1630 GMT. No Q&A. Marriott City Center

Hotel, 100 West Trade Street. Information:

[email protected] or 704 358 2525. RSVP online:

https://www.frbconferences.org/richmond/09symposium/. Hotel:

704 333 9000

Thursday April 16

NEW YORK - Levy Economics Institute/Ford Foundation, Hyman

P. Minsky conference on 'Meeting the Challenges of the

Financial Crisis' at Ford Foundation, 320 E43rd St, New York:

contact Mark Primoff at [email protected] or 845-758-7412 or

www.levy.org

Speakers: Atlanta Fed's Lockhart, SanFrancisco Fed's

Yellen, former Fed's Kroszner; Deutsche Bank chief economist

Norbert Walter, et al

Friday, April 17

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President

Thomas Hoenig gives opening remarks before the 'Innovative

Financial Services for the Underserved: Opportunities and

Outcomes' conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of

Kansas City, 0830 EDT/1230 GMT. Q&A TBA. Washington

Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street N.W. Information:

http://www.kc.frb.org/carc2009/. Hotel: 202 898 9000

Tuesday, May 5

BERKELEY, Calif. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

President Janet Yellen speaks a Dean's Speaker Series focusing

on financial turmoil, 1930 PDT/2230 EDT/0230 GMT. Other details

TBA. University of California at Berkeley, Arthur Andersen

Auditorium. Contact: Ute Frey, 510 642 0342 or

[email protected]; or Pamela Tom, 510 642 2734 or

[email protected]. Information:

http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/archives/hn021709.html#story3

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