Stanley Fischer: The great recession – moving ahead Speech by Mr Stanley Fischer, Vice-Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at “The Great Recession – Moving Ahead”, a conference sponsored by the Swedish Ministry of Finance, Stockholm, 11 August 2014.
*  *  *  The original speech can be watched live on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s website. I am grateful to Andrea Raffo, Stacey Tevlin, and Beth Anne Wilson for their assistance. The recession that began in the United States in December 2007 ended in June 2009.