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Remarks at the 6th Annual Real Estate Symposium, North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, Texas, August 30, 2006 ; "Our current analysis points to an economy at a crossroads. High energy prices, rising interest rates and the slowdown in a red-hot housing market have taken some of the steam out...

Remarks before The Houston Forum, Houston, Texas, October 19, 2005

Remarks to the 2007 Annual Conference of the Investment Adviser Association, Austin, Texas, April 26, 2007 ; "Many options would improve the fiscal fitness of our entitlement system and reduce the need for drastic action elsewhere in the federal budget. But let's be honest. These remedies work...

Remarks at the conference "México: How to Tap Progress", Houston, Texas, November 2, 2012 ; "The progress that Mexico has made is truly remarkable and, I believe, a source of inspiration for both the U.S. and Europe as they contemplate the challenges ahead."

Remarks before the O'Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom Conference, SMU Cox School of Business, Dallas, Texas, October 16, 2009. ; This morning, I will argue that a decline in trade flows, at least to some degree, was to be expected during this tumultuous period, the most severe global...

Remarks before the State of the West Symposium, Stanford, California, November 15, 2012 ; "Yes, Texas has a low propensity of social services, and employment growth should not be the only criterion for evaluating a state's performance. But we must remember that economic growth is the foundation...

Welcome Remarks at a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Conference, Dallas, Texas, October 12, 2007. ; "John Taylor has divided his career between academia and government service, and both spheres owe him a debt of gratitude for having done so."

Remarks before the Australian Business Economists, Sydney, Australia, November 14, 2007. ; Our job has been made more complicated by globalization--the freer flow of goods, services, money, ideas and people across national borders. Its present incarnation owes a great deal to the revolution in...

Remarks at the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C., March 7, 2011 ; "I argued against the $600 billion extension [buying U.S. Treasuries] the voters on the FOMC approved last November. And I remain doubtful enough as to its efficacy that if at any...