Donald L Kohn: Restoring financial intermediation by banks – the role of regulators Speech by Mr Donald L Kohn, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, at the Office of Thrift Supervision National Housing Forum, Washington DC, 8 December 2008.
The original speech, which contains various links to the documents mentioned, can be found on the US Federal Reserve System’s website. *  *  *  I thought I might use these brief introductory remarks to put some of our challenges as regulators in the broad context of the tremendous shifts in the pattern of financial flows that we are witnessing.