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REMARKS BY FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE AT A PBS "NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER" TOWN HALL MEETING MODERATOR: JIM LEHRER, HOST, PBS "NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER" LOCATION: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TIME: 7:00 P.M. EDT DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009 (Part 1).

Publication: Washington Newsmaker Transcript Database
Publication Date: 27-JUL-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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REMARKS BY FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE AT A PBS "NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER" TOWN HALL MEETING MODERATOR: JIM LEHRER, HOST, PBS "NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER" LOCATION: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TIME: 7:00 P.M. EDT DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009

MR. LEHRER: Good evening. I'm Jim Lehrer from the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, Missouri, and I welcome you to this special PBS NewsHour forum: "On the Record with Bernanke" -- Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. His role in matters financial and economic, most particularly in the immediate past and future, is paramount, and that is what he will be talking about tonight with a group of people from and around Kansas City.

The nonpartisan organization Kansas City Consensus helped us identify and select them. Those who will ask questions are sitting there in the center section directly in front of Chairman Bernanke and me. They have been pre-interviewed by NewsHour staff members about what they have on their mind to ask the chairman. I also have a few questions that have been emailed to us at our online NewsHour site. And we'll get some perspective-setting help from NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman.

Mr. Chairman, welcome,...

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