Remarks: Former Interim President Kathleen O’Neill
Below are remarks given by Kathy O’Neill during her interim presidency of the St. Louis Fed. O’Neill served as interim president and chief executive officer following the July 13, 2023, announcement that then-President and CEO Jim Bullard would be stepping down. She served in this capacity until President and CEO Alberto G. Musalem took office April 2, 2024.
- November 29, 2023: In a Regional Economist article, “A Commitment to Achieving Price Stability,” O’Neill shared her views on the economy, monetary policy and the FOMC’s commitment to price stability.
- November 28, 2023: In a virtual Dialogue with the Fed event, “FedNow: What You Need to Know,” O’Neill and Federal Reserve Financial Services Chief Payments Executive Mark Gould discussed FedNow®—a safe, efficient instant payments infrastructure that aims to modernize the U.S. payments system.
- November 9, 2023: O’Neill gave a speech, “Remarks on the U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy” (PDF), at an event co-sponsored by the Association for Corporate Growth Kentucky, CFA Society Louisville and Financial Executives International Louisville in Jeffersonville, Ind. View the supplemental slides (PDF).
- November 2, 2023: O’Neill gave welcoming remarks (PDF) at the Homer Jones Memorial Lecture held at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- October 4, 2023: O’Neill gave introductory remarks (PDF) at the 2023 Community Banking Research Conference. The conference was hosted at the St. Louis Fed and co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve System, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. In a prerecorded video, O’Neill welcomed community bankers, researchers, policymakers and bank regulators. View conference videos including O’Neill’s remarks.
- September 29, 2023: O’Neill presented “FedNow Service Update” (PDF) at the St. Louis Fed’s Breakfast with the Fed event in Memphis, Tenn.
- September 6, 2023: In a Regional Economist article, “FedNow: A Once-in-a-Generation Payments Innovation for the Fed,” O’Neill shared her perspectives on the Federal Reserve’s new instant payments system.