I encourage you to visit this site to learn more about the people, places and events that have shaped Federal Reserve history. I won’t say too much more about Fed history – perhaps to the relief of some of you!
– but I do want to address one of the things that I think has changed the most over the Federal Reserve’s history: our communication with the public. A hundred years ago, Congress created a system that was designed specifically so that the residents of Main Street would  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  have a voice in monetary policy.