2011 Homer Jones Memorial Lecture

April 13, 2011

Lecture by Axel Weber

Bundesbank President Axel Weber discussed the financial crisis and its lessons for monetary policy in a lecture at the St. Louis Fed. Weber, a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, also talked about economic governance reform in the euro area. Weber was here for the annual Homer Jones Memorial Lecture, named for a former research director of the St. Louis Fed.

Read the article in Review: "Challenges for Monetary Policy in the European Monetary Union" by Axel Weber.

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Welcoming Remarks by James Bullard

Full text of opening remarks.

About the Homer Jones Memorial Lecture

This lecture series is named for Homer Jones (1906-1986), who exemplified the highest qualities of leadership in economics and public policy. As St. Louis Fed research director and later senior vice president, Jones played a major role in developing the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as a leader in monetary research and statistics.

Watch past lectures and learn about the series.