Ben S Bernanke: National and regional economic overview Speech by Mr Ben S Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, at the presentation of the Citizen of the Carolinas Award, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte, North Carolina, 29 November 2007. *  *  *  Good evening.
I thank the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce for bestowing on me this year’s Citizen of the Carolinas Award. I deeply appreciate the honor, and I am grateful for the opportunity it gives me to speak to you this evening. I am also delighted to be here in Charlotte.