Esther L. George

President George's Remarks

May 24, 2021 (5:30 PM ET)   Remarks, delivered virtually at “The Roots of Agricultural Productivity,” The Kansas City Fed’s 2021 Agricultural Symposium, Kansas City, Mo., The Outlook for Demand, Inflation and Productivity

Feb 25, 2021 (9:00 AM ET)   Speech, at the virtual Farm Journal Top Producer Summit, An Uncertain (Though Optimistic) Outlook for an Uneven Economy

Feb 16, 2021   Speech, the University of Missouri-Kansas City Real Estate Symposium, Real Estate: A Vital Sector Poised for Change

Feb 04, 2021 (6:59 PM ET)   Interview, Bloomberg , Fed’s George Says Still Too Soon to Discuss Tapering Bond Buying

Jan 12, 2021 (1:00 PM ET)   Speech, virtual meeting of the Central Exchange in Kansas City, Mo., In the Wake of an Unprecedented Year

Dec 11, 2020 (10:00 AM ET)   Remarks, at an online conference hosted by The Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Harvard University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Confidentially Speaking: Is It Time to Reconsider CSI Standards?

Nov 20, 2020 (1:30 PM ET)   Speech, before a virtual conference on “Navigating the Changing Energy Landscape” sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , Energy, Economic Activity and Monetary Policy

Oct 08, 2020 (9:15 AM ET)   Speech, delivered via video to the Kansas Economic Outlook Conference, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kan., The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy

Sep 25, 2020 (12:15 PM ET)   Speech, delivered virtually to the Independent Bankers of Colorado Annual Convention , Community Banks: Stability in Crisis and Catalysts for Recovery

Jun 30, 2020   Editorial, “Policy Perspectives,” Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Pondering Payments: Challenges of Reaching all Americans

Jun 25, 2020   Speech, delivered virtually to the Economic Club of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo., The Coronavirus Shock: Implications for the Economy and Monetary Policy

Mar 06, 2020 (3:30 PM ET)   Speech, at the Shadow Open Market Committee meeting in New York, N.Y., Perspectives on Balance Sheet and Credit Policies: A Tribute to Marvin Goodfriend

Feb 12, 2020 (1:58 PM ET)   Audio Interview, KCUR Radio, President of Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City optimistic for 2020 but keeping an eye out for what's ahead

Jan 14, 2020 (1:00 PM ET)   Speech, given at The Central Exchange in Kansas City, Mo., 2020 Vision: Solid Growth in a Challenging Low-Interest-Rate World

Oct 18, 2019 (10:05 AM ET)   Speech, at "Energy and the Economy: Markets in Transition," a joint conference of the Federal Reserve banks of Kansas City and Dallas in Denver, Informing Today’s Monetary Policy Choices

Oct 06, 2019 (6:45 PM ET)   Remarks, at the National Association for Business Economics’ Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo., Price Stability: A Main Street Perspective

Oct 04, 2019 (11:30 AM ET)   Remarks, at The Tahlequah Economic Forum in the Tahlequah Event Center at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla., Robert Owen and the Federal Reserve

Sep 25, 2019 (10:00 AM ET)   Testimony, before the U.S. Senate’s Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, in Washington D.C., Faster Payments and the U.S. Payment System

Aug 22, 2019 (2:03 PM ET)   Video Interview, Yahoo Finance, Kansas City Fed President Esther George talks next steps on rates with Yahoo Finance

Aug 22, 2019 (9:00 AM ET)   Video Interview, CNBC, Kansas City Fed President Esther George: The July rate cut was not needed

Aug 22, 2019 (6:45 AM ET)   Video Interview, Bloomberg TV, Fed's Esther George on Monetary Policy, Fed's Mandate, U.S. Economic Data

Aug 21, 2019 (2:00 PM ET)   Video Interview, Fox Business Network, US economy is firing on all cylinders: Fed’s Esther George

Aug 02, 2019 (3:00 PM ET)   Statement, at the FOMC’s July 30-31, 2019, meeting, Commenting on Dissenting Vote

May 14, 2019 (12:45 PM ET)   Speech, at Economic Club of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Is Low Inflation a Problem for the United States?

Mar 27, 2019 (5:30 PM ET)   Speech, at The Money Marketeers of New York University in New York City, The Economic Outlook, Monetary Policy and the Federal Open Market Committee’s Inflation Objective

Jan 16, 2019 (4:22 PM ET)   Interview, Wall Street Journal, Transcript: WSJ Interview With Kansas City Fed President Esther George

Jan 15, 2019 (1:00 PM ET)   Speech, at the Central Exchange in Kansas City., Are We There Yet?

Oct 11, 2018   Speech, at the Economic Forum in Tulsa, Okla., Thoughts on the U.S. Economy, Monetary Policy and Energy Sector Dynamics

Sep 18, 2018 (4:37 PM ET)   Radio Interview, NPR, To Raise Interest Rates Or To Leave Them Alone? The Federal Reserve Must Decide

Aug 23, 2018   Video Interview, Bloomberg TV, Fed's George Says Trump's Rate-Hike Criticism Won't Sway Fed

Aug 23, 2018   Video Interview, Bloomberg TV, Fed's George Says Examining Structural Forces Affecting Wages

Aug 23, 2018   Video Interview, CNBC, Esther George: GDP expected to hit 3% this year

Aug 23, 2018   Video Interview, Bloomberg TV, Fed's George Sees Two More 2018 Rate Hikes as 'Appropriate'

Aug 23, 2018   Video Interview, Fox Business, Economy in the aggregate is doing well: Fed's Esther George

Jul 17, 2018   Speech, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Agricultural Symposium in Kansas City, Mo., Threading the Needle

Feb 08, 2018 (8:00 AM ET)   Speech, Wichita Independent Business Association Annual Meeting in Wichita, Kan, Monetary Policy for the Near and Long Term

Oct 11, 2017 (12:45 PM ET)   Speech, at the Central Exchange in Kansas City, Mo., Monetary Policy in a Low Inflation Economy

Sep 28, 2017 (9:45 AM ET)   Speech, at Banking and the Economy: A Forum for Minority Bankers, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, in Kansas City, Mo., Minority Banks and the Economy

Aug 24, 2017 (8:43 AM ET)   Video Interview, CNBC, Fed's Esther George: 'Setup is there' for balance sheet reduction

Jul 12, 2017 (2:15 PM ET)   Speech, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Forum in Denver, Colo., Fed Balance Sheet 101

May 12, 2017 (5:00 PM ET)   Speech, at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management Commencement, University of Missouri-Kansas City, in Kansas City, Mo., Lessons Learned Along the Way

May 04, 2017 (9:15 AM ET)   Speech, at the Faster Payments Task Force Meeting in Chicago, Ill., Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payments System: Maintaining the Momentum

Apr 18, 2017 (12:30 PM ET)   Video Interview, Bloomberg Mike McKee, Fed's George on Rates and Financial Regulation

Apr 18, 2017 (9:00 AM ET)   Speech, at the 26th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., On the Path of Monetary Policy Normalization

Apr 06, 2017 (8:55 AM ET)   Speech, at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Community Banking Conference, in New York, N.Y., Why Community Banks Matter

Mar 21, 2017   Remarks, Wall Street Journal Pro, Transcript: Kansas City Fed’s Esther George Speaks in Washington

Mar 21, 2017   Transcript, Wall Street Journal, Question and Answer Session Transcript

Feb 28, 2017 (12:45 PM ET)   Speech, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research in Stanford, Calif., A Monetary Policy for Long-Run Economic Stability

Nov 18, 2016 (9:30 AM ET)   Speech, at Oil and the Economy: Adapting to a New Reality, a Joint Conference of the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas and Kansas City, in Houston, Texas., The Energy Sector, U.S. Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

Oct 12, 2016 (9:40 AM ET)   Speech, at The Chicago Payments Symposium in Chicago, Ill., Improving the U.S. Payment System: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities Ahead

Sep 29, 2016 (7:33 AM ET)   Video Interview, CNBC "Squawk Box", Esther George: Economic data points to progress

Sep 07, 2016   Statement, before the House Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, United States House of Representatives, in Washington, D.C., Statement to the House Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade

Aug 25, 2016 (6:30 AM ET)   Video Interview, Bloomberg, Fed Officials Push Hike Case Before Yellen in Jackson Hole

May 12, 2016 (1:30 PM ET)   Speech, at the Business and Community Leaders Luncheon in Albuquerque, N.M., Longer-Term Labor Market Trends, the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

Apr 07, 2016 (8:15 PM ET)   Speech, at the Economic Forum in York, Neb., The Outlook and Monetary Policy

Apr 06, 2016   Question and Answers, New York Times, Interview With a Fed Dissident: The Sole Vote to Raise Interest Rates

Feb 02, 2016 (1:00 PM ET)   Speech, Central Exchange in Kansas City, Mo., The U.S. Outlook and Monetary Policy

Oct 06, 2015   Speech, The Faster Payments Imperative: Transforming the Market, in Chicago, Ill.The Faster Payments Imperative: Transforming the Market, in Chicago, Ill., Improving Through Collaboration: The Federal Reserve’s Perspective

Aug 27, 2015   Video Interview, Bloomberg Television, Esther George: Turmoil Impact on Fed Policy Not Yet Clear

Aug 27, 2015   Video Interview, CNBC, Esther George: Ideal path to rate liftoff

Aug 27, 2015   Video Interview, CNBC, Esther George: Economy 'in a good place'

Jul 09, 2015   Speech, Oklahoma Economic Forum in Stillwater, Okla., Weighing the Costs of Waiting

Jun 26, 2015   Remarks, “The Puzzle of Payments Security,” International Payments Policy Conference, in Kansas City, Mo., The Federal Reserve’s Role in the Payments System

Mar 04, 2015 (1:00 PM ET)   Speech, Central Exchange in Kansas City, Mo., The Next Phase of Monetary Policy

Feb 09, 2015   Speech, Financial Stability Institute/Bank for International Settlements Asia-Pacific High-Level Meeting in Manila, Philippines, Monetary and Macroprudential Policy: Complements, not Substitutes

Sep 23, 2014 (9:30 AM ET)   Speech, Community Banking in the 21st Century Conference, Federal Reserve System and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), St. Louis, Mo., Community Bank Regulation: Intent vs. Reality

Aug 21, 2014 (8:53 AM ET)   Video Interview, CNBC, The Fed: Investors Too Complacent on Rates: Fed's George

Aug 21, 2014 (8:32 AM ET)   Video Interview, CNBC, Fed's George 'encouraged' by labor market

Aug 21, 2014 (7:31 AM ET)   Video Interview, CNBC, Fed's future path: Esther George

Aug 21, 2014   Video Interview, Bloomberg TV's "Bloomberg Surveillance", Significant Progress in Labor Market: Fed’s George

Aug 21, 2014   Video Interview, Bloomberg TV's "Bloomberg Surveillance", Fed's George: Economy Ready for Rates to Be Above Zero

Aug 21, 2014   Audio Interview, Fox Business, Fed’s George: Economic data came in 'stronger than we expected'

Aug 21, 2014   Video Interview, Bloomberg TV's "Bloomberg Surveillance", George: Broad-Based Job Gains Signal Rates Can Rise

Aug 20, 2014   Video Interview, Fox Business, Esther George: Housing market has been particularly difficult to read

Aug 20, 2014   Video Interview, Fox Business, Esther George: Don’t want to wait until inflation looks like a problem

Aug 20, 2014   Video Interview, Fox Business, Esther George: Economy is growing at rate slower than hoped

Jul 15, 2014   Speech, 2014 Agricultural Symposium, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, in Kansas City, Mo., A Steady Transition for Monetary Policy

Jun 03, 2014 (1:50 PM ET)   Speech, Business and Community Leaders Luncheon in Breckenridge, Colo., The Path to Normalization

May 29, 2014 (9:30 PM ET)   Speech, Hoover Institution/Stanford University, Conference on "Frameworks for Central Banking in the Next Century," Menlo Park, Calif., Supervisory Frameworks and Monetary Policy

May 21, 2014 (12:50 PM ET)   Speech, The Exchequer Club in Washington, D.C., Structure Matters: The Decentralized Federal Reserve

Jan 31, 2014   Speech, Ninth BCBS-FSI High-Level Meeting for Africa on “Strengthening Financial Sector Supervision and Current Regulatory Priorities” in Cape Town, South Africa, Current Monetary Policy and the Implications for Supervision and Regulation

Jan 09, 2014 (1:30 PM ET)   Speech, Wisconsin Bankers Association in Madison, Wis., The Economic and Banking Outlook

Nov 22, 2013 (8:40 AM ET)   Speech, SUERF/Bank of France Conference in Paris, France, Effective Supervision: Balancing New and Traditional Approaches

Oct 16, 2013   Speech, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City, Okla., Robert Owen and His Legacy

Sep 26, 2013 (8:15 PM ET)   Speech, The Colorado Economic Forum in Denver, Colo., U.S. Monetary Policy: Risks of Delayed Action

Sep 06, 2013 (1:30 PM ET)   Speech, Business and Community Leaders Luncheon in Omaha, Neb., The Federal Reserve and the Path of Monetary Policy

Jul 16, 2013   Video Interview, FOX Business with Peter Barnes, The future of quantitative easing

Jul 16, 2013   Video Interview, FOX Business with Peter Barnes, Fed's George: Don’t Want to Stay Near 0% for Too Long

Jun 04, 2013 (1:30 PM ET)   Speech, Santa Fe, N.M. , The Economic Recovery and Monetary Policy: Taking the First Step Towards the Long Run

Apr 04, 2013 (1:30 PM ET)   Speech, Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla., Central Bank Patience

Jan 10, 2013 (1:10 PM ET)   Speech, Central Exchange, Kansas City, Mo., The U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy

Nov 16, 2012 (8:00 AM ET)   Speech, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Association of Supervisors of Banks of the Americas and Financial Stability Institute, Panama City, Panama, Recovery from Financial Crisis

Nov 02, 2012   Speech, 2012 Community Banking Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo., Can Community Banks Still Compete?

Sep 28, 2012   Speech, Financial Stability Institute – China Banking Regulatory Commission, Regional Policy Forum on Financial Stability and Macroprudential Supervision in Beijing, China., Next Time Can Be Different

May 22, 2012   Speech, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, State-Federal Supervisory Forum in Savannah, Georgia, Perspectives on 150 Years of Dual Banking

Apr 11, 2012   Speech, 21st Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York, N.Y., Looking Ahead: Financial Stability and Microprudential Supervision

Mar 29, 2012   Welcoming Remarks, “Consumer Payment Innovation in the Connected Age”, International Payments Policy Conference, International Payments Policy Conference , The Federal Reserve and the Payments System

Jan 10, 2012   Speech, Central Exchange Economic Outlook 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri, The U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy in 2012