Ben S Bernanke: Challenges in housing and mortgage markets Speech by Mr Ben S Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Operation HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit, Atlanta, Georgia, 15 November 2012. *  *  *  Good afternoon. I’d like to thank John Bryant and Operation HOPE for inviting me to speak today.
From 1986 to 1992, the number of hotel rooms there rose from 2,776 to 7,103, a growth of more than 150 percent. However, as we have witnessed, this experience is not without its risks to fiscal sustainability. Alternatively, governments could stimulate cooperation between the public and private sectors to share investment costs, risks, responsibilities, and profits generated from tourism projects.