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Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Donald Kohn speaks at a September 16, 2013 Brookings event on making macroprudential policy work.
Donald Kohn is a 40-year veteran of the Federal Reserve System and served as vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2010. He was recently named to serve on the advisory committee to the U.S. Treasury's new Office of Financial Research. He was also appointed by the government of the United Kingdom and the Bank of England to serve on its interim Financial Policy Committee. Kohn focuses on issues of monetary policy, financial regulation and macroeconomics. | View Full Bio
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September 16, 2013
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I do think building up the capital of the banks would give them the confidence to be more aggressive on the lending side. It is absolutely imperative that the incentive structure built into compensation be aligned with financial stability. March 11, 2013, Donald Kohn, Wall Street Journal
I do think building up the capital of the banks would give them the confidence to be more aggressive on the lending side. It is absolutely imperative that the incentive structure built into compensation be aligned with financial stability.
With the rating agencies discredited and markets vulnerable to adverse news on the economy, the period of unusual uncertainty could be prolonged. February 5, 2013, Donald Kohn, Bloomberg
With the rating agencies discredited and markets vulnerable to adverse news on the economy, the period of unusual uncertainty could be prolonged.
Paper | American Economic Association Annual Meeting
January 5, 2013
Speech | American Economic Association Annual Meeting
January 4, 2013
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December 20, 2012 | comments
December 4, 2012
November 28, 2012
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November 6, 2012
History will have judged Ben Bernanke to have been an outstanding chairman who did what he had to do under extremely difficult circumstances. October 31, 2012, Donald Kohn, Bloomberg
History will have judged Ben Bernanke to have been an outstanding chairman who did what he had to do under extremely difficult circumstances.
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"I do think building up the capital of the banks would give them the confidence to be more aggressive on the lending side. It is absolutely imperative that the incentive structure built into compensation be aligned with financial stability."
Source: Wall Street Journal
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