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

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FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE

Tuesday, May 5

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

testifies on the U.S. economy before the Joint Economic

Committee, 1000 EDT/1400 GMT. 216 Hart. Contact: 202 224 5171

Thursday, May 7

WASHINGTON (VIA SATELLITE) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben

Bernanke speaks on 'Banking Supervision: before the Federal

Reserve Bank of Chicago 45th Annual Conference on Bank

Structure and Competition in Chicago Ill., 0930 EDT/1330 GMT.

Audience Q&A expected. Satellite: Galaxy 3C; Band: KU-Digital;

Transponder 20; Slot: E; Downlink Freq: 12123.5 (V); Uplink

Freq: 14423.5 (H); Symbol rate: 6.1113; FEC: 3/4. Technical

Contact: Ed Berkey, 202 797-6262

Monday, May 11

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben

Bernanke gives dinner speech before the Federal Reserve Bank of

Atlanta 'Financial Innovation and Crises' conference. Event

begins 1830 EDT/2230 GMT. Speech time, other details TBA.

Jekyll Island Club Hotel. Contact: Lisa Lee-Fogarty, 404 498

8267 or [email protected]. Agenda:

http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=DAEBEF81-5056-9F12-12B7C1C291B3EA94&method=display

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OTHER FED OFFICIALS

Monday, May 4

NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President

Thomas Hoenig speaks on 'The Financial Crisis' as part of the

Demos' Effective Regulation for the 21st Century Project, 1220

EDT/1620 GMT. Audience Q&A if time permits. Demos, 220 Fifth

Ave. RSVP: Jinny Khanduja, 212 389 1399 or [email protected];

technical contact: Timothy Rusch, 212 389 1407 or

[email protected]; or Gennady Kolker, 212 389 1408 or

[email protected]. Information:

http://demos.org/event_list.cfm?currenttype=24942117%2D3FF4%2D6C82%2D545570A64EF17225

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

President Jeffrey Lacker speaks on the economic outlook before

a group of bankers and business leaders, 1400 EDT/1800 GMT.

Audience and media Q&As expected. Farmington Country Club, 1625

Country Club Circle, Jefferson Room. Contact: Steve Bowers,

office 434 982 8251, cell 434 825 5153 or [email protected].

Venue information: http://www.farmingtoncc.com/

Tuesday, May 5

MINNEAPOLIS - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President

Gary Stern speaks before the 2009 Business Law Institute's 'A

New Administration Faces Off Against the Economic Crisis'

conference, 1215 CDT/1315 EDT/1715 GMT. Speech topic TBA.

Audience Q&A expected. No media Q&A. Minneapolis Marriott City

Center Hotel, 30 South Seventh Street. RSVP: 651 227 8266, 800

759 8840 or www.minncle.org. Hotel 612 349 4000. Information:

http://www.minncle.org/Materials2/seminars/27609.pdf

BERKELEY, Calif. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

President Janet Yellen speaks on 'Issues Raised by the Credit

Crunch and Recession' at a Dean's Speaker Series focusing on

financial turmoil, 1930 PDT/2230 EDT/0230 GMT. Audience Q&A

expected. No media Q&A. 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

Wednesday, May 6

***WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President

Gary Stern testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing,

'Regulating and Resolving Institutions Considered 'Too Big to

Fail,'' 0930 EDT/1330 GMT. 538 Dirksen. Contact: 202 224-7391.

Information:

http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_id=7d66a948-69e4-407e-a895-04cec6a4f541

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

President Janet Yellen speaks VIA SATELLITE before an

Australian Business Economists breakfast briefing in Sydney,

Australia, 1430 PDT/1730 EDT/2130 GMT (0730 May 7 Sydney time).

Speech topic TBA. No media availability. No live feed. Contact:

Lily Ruiz, [email protected] or 415-974-3240. Briefing held

at Four Seasons Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 199 George Street,

Sydney, Australia. RSVP: Tony Westmore, [email protected] or +61

41 9256 339

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