After being emblematic of the U.S. economic surge in the late 1990s, urban areas that specialize in information technology (IT) products have more recently been struggling with the aftermath of the IT spending bust. To what degree can they bounce back and reemerge as leaders of innovative...

The news media affects consumers' perceptions of the economy through three channels. First, the news media conveys economic data and the opinions of professionals to consumers. Second, consumers receive a signal about the economy through the tone and volume of economic reporting. Last, when the...

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

Presentation to the University of California at Berkeley Boalt School Alumni, San Francisco, March 2, 2005

Speech at Sacramento State University’s College of Business Administration Executive Speaker Series, Co-hosted with the Chartered Financial Analysts Society of Sacramento, Sacramento, California, February 23, 2007. ; President Janet L. Yellen presented similar remarks to the Silicon Valley...

Presentation to Town Hall Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, April 3, 2013

Speech to the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Santa Clara, California, February 21, 2007

Presentation to the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco, January 20, 2005

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

Speech to the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, New York, April 26, 2007