Ben S Bernanke: Implementing a macroprudential approach to supervision and regulation Speech by Mr Ben S Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the 47th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois, 5 May 2011.
*  *  *  The recent financial crisis revealed critical gaps and weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the financial regulatory framework. The Congress and the Administration last year provided a roadmap for addressing many of these problems, in the form of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) – the topic of this year’s conference.