John C. Williams’ Speeches

Presentation to International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists
Los Angeles, California

Presentation to NBER East Asia Seminar on Economics
San Francisco, California

Symposium on Asian Banking and Finance
Singapore, Singapore

Presentation to the New York Association for Business Economics
New York, New York

Thank you, Julius, and good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here. While I was preparing to speak to you all today, I sat down with some of my staff to talk about what I should say, the points we should emphasize, the usual—I’m an economist, so I’m always over-prepared and fixated on data. The headline, obviously, was: PCV is a great organization because they directly invest, they advise on both the investor and investee side of the equation, and they’re a thought-leader in the sector. But I wanted to dig deeper into the economic impact. And as we talked—about […]

View Press Release Recently there has been a great deal of commentary arguing that the Federal Reserve needs more oversight and greater transparency. This has culminated in a number of legislative proposals designed to constrain the Fed’s freedom of action in monetary policy and other spheres. One prominent example is the bill proposed in the House of Representatives entitled the Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, or the FRAT Act for short. Much of the debate surrounds the Federal Reserve’s policy actions during and following the global financial crisis and recession. But the deeper issue of oversight and independence […]

Presentation to Australian Business Economists
San Francisco, CA

Presentation to CFA Society Hawaii Annual Economic Forecast Dinner
Honolulu, Hawaii

Essay presentation to the South African Reserve Bank Conference on Fourteen Years of Inflation Targeting in South Africa and the Challenge of a Changing Mandate
Pretoria, South Africa

Presentation to Business and Community Leaders
Las Vegas, Nevada