Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (via videoconference),

a speech at the National Italian American Foundation, New York, New York

a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

a speech at the C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York, January 19, 2005, and at the C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York, on January 19, 2005