Therefore, prior to delivering the main substance of my annual address this evening, please allow me to express my sincere appreciation to the banking community who has been so incredibly supportive of Bank Indonesia’s policy measures in terms of reinforcing and driving the banking industry’s performance in general.
*  *  *  Chairman Towns, Ranking Member Issa, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the Federal Reserve's role in the acquisition by the Bank of America Corporation of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.