Each year, the President of the San Francisco Fed joins the Federal Reserve Board Governor responsible for liaison with Asia on a "fact-finding" trip to the region. These trips advance the Bank's broad objectives of serving as a repository of expertise on economic, banking, and financial issues...

This Economic Letter is adapted from a speech by Janet L. Yellen, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to the Chartered Financial Analysts of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 7, 2008.

This Economic Letter is adapted from a speech delivered by Janet L. Yellen, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on October 30, 2008, to the UC Berkeley-UCLA Symposium "The Mortgage Meltdown, the Economy, and Public Policy," at the University of California, Berkeley.

Presentation to a San Diego community leaders’ luncheon, San Diego, California, September 8, 2005

Presentation to the California Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, CA, December 2, 2005

This Economic Letter is adapted from President Janet Yellen's April 3 speech discussing financial developments and their implications for the economic outlook, as well as for the Federal Reserve.

Speech to the Joint Rotary Clubs of Reno and the East Bay (SF Bay Area), Reno, Nevada, January 22, 2007. ; President Janet L. Yellen presented similar remarks to the Arizona Council on Economic Education, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 17, 2007

Speech to the Arizona Council on Economic Education, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 17, 2007

Speech to the Hong Kong Association of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, October 16, 2006 ; President Janet L. Yellen presented similar remarks to the California Independent Bankers 16th Annual Convention in Laguna Beach, California on October 9, 2006.

Speech to the Emeryville Chamber of Commerce, Emeryville, CA, September 12, 2006 ; President Janet L. Yellen presented similar remarks at a community leaders' luncheon in Boise, Idaho, on September 7, 2006.