Ben S Bernanke: Communication and monetary policy Speech by Mr Ben S Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, at the National Economists Club Annual Dinner, Herbert Stein Memorial Lecture, Washington DC, 19 November 2013.
*  *  *  Nearly eight years ago, when I began my time as Chairman, one of my priorities was to make the Federal Reserve more transparent – and, in particular, to make monetary policy as transparent and open as reasonably possible.