Although prompt and innovative actions by the Federal Reserve and other central banks helped prevent a severe economic downturn from turning into something even worse, our experience also highlighted a number of areas we need to study further to see whether we can improve the conduct of monetary policy.
Ben S Bernanke: Financial education and the National $ Coalition survey Remarks by Mr Ben S Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, at the $ Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and Federal Reserve Board joint news conference, Washington, DC, 5 April 2006. *  *  *  Good morning.