Following are speeches by the Boston Fed's President and First Vice President.

Eric S. Rosengren, President and CEO
Paul M. Connolly, First Vice President and COO

Cathy E. Minehan, Former President and CEO

Eric S. Rosengren
President and Chief Executive Officer

2008

June 10, 2008
Opening Remarks: Empirical Questions in Modeling Inflation and Understanding the Implications for Policy (The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s 53rd Economic Conference Understanding Inflation and the Implications for Monetary Policy: A Phillips Curve Retrospective)

May 30, 2008
Current Challenges in Housing and Home Loans: Complicating Factors and the Implications for Policymakers (The New England Economic Partnership's Spring Economic Outlook Conference on Credit, Housing, and the Consequences for New England)

May 14, 2008
Risk-Management Lessons from Recent Financial Turmoil (New Challenges for Operational Risk Measurement and Management)

April 18, 2008
Liquidity and Systemic Risk
(The Changing Business of Banking, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's 2008 Credit Markets Symposium)

March 27, 2008
Bank Supervision and Central Banking: Understanding Credit During a Time of Financial Turmoil (Household Debt: Implications for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, Bank of Korea and Bank for International Settlements Seminar)

March 6, 2008
Early Lessons from Recent Financial Turmoil (South Shore Chamber of Commerce)

February 29, 2008
Discussion: The Mortgage Meltdown – Implications for Credit Availability (U.S. Monetary Policy Forum)

January 11, 2008
A Historical Perspective on Housing Downturns (Vermont Economic Outlook Conference)

January 8, 2008
A Historical Perspective on Housing Downturns (Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s 2008 Conference)

2007

December 20, 2007
Remarks at the Launch of the Mortgage Relief Fund

December 3, 2007
Subprime Mortgage Problems: Research, Opportunities, and Policy Considerations

October 10, 2007
Recent Developments in Real Estate, Financial Markets, and the Economy

Paul M. Connolly
First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

2007

• Change in the National Payments System (May 21)
• Transformation of the Check System: The ACH Example (April 9)

2006

• Three Initiatives In Payments (October 3)

2005

• Embracing Change in the Retail Payments System (April 28)

2004

• The Bank Turns 90 (November 17)
• Learning and Leading: Remarks at Convocation College of Management (June 1)

2003

• Preparing for Check 21: Remarks at New England Banker Forums (October)

2002

• The Changing Retail Payments System: Remarks at New England Banker Forum (September 26)
• Strategic Choices for Service Delivery (June 11)

2001

• September 11 at the Federal Reserve Bank (September 21)
• The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Retail Payments System (June)
• Remarks on Innovation at Recent Bankers' Forums (Spring)

2000

• Perspectives on the U.S. Financial Services Environment and Investor Activity (June 14)
• Remarks on Y2K at Massachusetts Bond Campaign Luncheon (March 1)

1999

• National Investment Company Service Association (January 14)

1996

• Treasury Management Association (November 18)
• The Federal EFT Legislation and The U.S. Retail Payments System (October 9)
• National Automated Clearing House Association 1996 Payments Conference (April 16)
• Improving the National Check Collection System (February 1)

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Cathy E. Minehan
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Retired July 22, 2007

2007

• Economic Outlook Conference (Burlington, Vermont) (January 12)
• Connecticut Business and Industry Association's Annual Economic Summit and Outlook (January 5)

2006

• The Role of Central Banks in Economic and Personal Finance Education (September 28)
• Remarks to the National Association of Business Economists (September 11)
• Comments to New England Realtors Conference (March 20)
• How Should Monetary Policymakers Cope with Uncertainty? (Allied Social Science Associations Meeting, January 6)

2005

• The U.S. Economy: 2005 and Beyond (York County Economic Development Summit, April 1)
• The U.S. Economy: 2005 and Beyond (Connecticut Business & Industry Association, January 12)

2004

• U.S. Retail Payments: Opportunities and Challenges (June 17)
• Labor Markets: What We Know and What We Don't (March 24)

2003

• Productivity and the U.S. Economy (December 16)
• Housing in the Nation and in New England (October 16)
• Opening of the New England Economic Adventure (October 8)
• Greater Dallas Chamber Women’s Business Conference (September 25)
• Associated Industries of Massachusetts & ACG Boston, Technology Economic Outlook Conference (March 31)
• Technology and the U.S. Retail Payments System: Challenges and Opportunities (March 20)
• Vermont Economic Outlook Conference (January 10)
• Connecticut Business and Industry Association's Annual Economic Summit and Outlook (January 3)

2002

• The Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and The Newburyport Rotary Club, Economic Forum Luncheon (October 18)
• I-495 Technology Corridor Initiative, Annual Regional Conference (September 9)
• BAI Conference- U.S. Retail Payments: Change, Challenge and Opportunity (May 8)
• Annual Meeting of The Boston Industrial Development Financing Authority (March 20)
• Rhode Island Economic Summit (February 11)
• East of the River Chambers of Commerce Association- Economic Outlook 2002 (January 11)

2001

• Boston Municipal Research Bureau Semi-Annual Meeting (June 18)
• Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting (April 25)
• New England Pension Consultants Annual Meeting Keynote Address (April 5)
• Fifth Annual Conference of International Treasury Management (February 12)
• A Perspective on the Current Economic Scene (January 10)

2000

• Working Women: The Dream and the Challenge (December 4)
• Maine Development Foundation Annual Meeting (September 12)
• Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce Business Expo 2000 (April 5)
• Connecticut Business and Industry Association's Economic Summit and Outlook (January 6)

1999

• Economic Forecast Luncheon (December 13)
• Cambridge Chamber of Commerce Fall Community Business Forum (October 27)
• South Shore Chamber of Commerce Women's Business Connection (April 28)
• Preparing for the New Century–The Y2K Challenge (March 17)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce (January 21)
• Eighth Annual Vermont Economic Outlook Conference (January 8)

1998

• The Economic Environment for Innovation (December 8)
• Center for Women & Enterprise's Venture Center Keynote Luncheon Address (November 20)
• 1998 Annual Economic Conference Opening Remarks (June 25)
• Making It In The Mainstream Symposium (May 21)
• Commencement Address, Providence College, Rhode Island (May 17)
• PIC Annual Meeting Remarks (May 11)
• The Evolving Role of the Federal Reserve in the Payments System (March 26)
• New England's Economy: The Current Outlook and Challenges Ahead (January 30)

1997

• Perspectives on The U.S. Economy: From Vermont to the World A Symposium (March 7)