There are a number of institutions globally where the Federal Reserve typically leads the U.S. effort to work with financial regulators from other countries, and we try to, to the extent possible, establish international standards for how - the amount of capital a bank should hold, for example, or how much.

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about that.

In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public.

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