The Financial Crisis Appears To Be Mostly

The Fed Is Totally Open.

We Do Not Expect Significant Spillovers From The Subprime Market To The Rest Of The Economy Or To The Financial System.

I Think One Of The Lessons Of The Depression - And This Is Something That Franklin Roosevelt Demonstrated - Was That When Orthodoxy Fails, Then You Need To Try New Things. And He Was Very Willing To Try Unorthodox Approaches When The Orthodox Approach Had Shown That It Was Not Adequate.

If I Am Confirmed, I Am Confident That My Colleagues On The Federal Open Market Committee And I Will Maintain The Focus On Long-term Price Stability As Monetary Policy's Greatest Contribution To General Economic Prosperity And Maximum Employment.

Our Mission, As Set Forth By The Congress Is A Critical One: To Preserve Price Stability, To Foster Maximum Sustainable Growth In Output And Employment, And To Promote A Stable And Efficient Financial System That Serves All Americans Well And Fairly.