The following is a text of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s remarks to the Economic Club of Minnesota in Minneapolis:
Good afternoon. I am delighted to be in the Twin Cities and would like to thank the Economic Club of Minnesota for inviting me to kick off its 2011-2012 speaker series. Today I will provide a brief overview of the U.S. economic outlook and conclude with a few thoughts on monetary policy and on the longer-term prospects for our economy.
