I will focus my remarks this morning on three areas: First, I will take a brief look at the extensive impact of the recession on the workforce and capital investment. Second, I will discuss my view on the cyclical and structural aspects of the recovery. I will then conclude with a discussion on...

President Pianalto began by sharing her views on how financial innovation has reshaped the mortgage market over the past few decades. She spoke about the promises and pitfalls of that innovation and about how the current situation in the mortgage market has unfolded. Finally, she described ideas...

Understanding why the prices of commodities, like copper, increase or decrease is one of the many pieces of the puzzle that we as policymakers try to fit together to help us figure out how the economy and inflation will perform in the future. Inflation is what the Federal Reserve can control -...

In a speech at Oberlin College, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President and CEO Sandra Pianalto described the issues the Federal Reserve considers when making monetary policy decisions. She also gave her outlook on the economy and discussed why she decided that purchasing additional Treasury...