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AFX | February 23, 2012 | 09:35 AM EST

TO HAVE EVENTS INCLUDED, PLEASE CONTACT THE WASHINGTON NEWSROOM AT 202-898-8370/202-898-8318, OR BY FAX AT 202-898-8383 OR 202-842-2527 THIS DIARY IS FILED DAILY. ***Denotes a new entry. -------------------------------------------------------- FOMC MEETING DATES: 2012 Tuesday, March 13 (statement released 1415 EDT/1815 GMT) Tuesday-Wednesday, April 24-25 (second day: statement released 1230 EDT/1630 GMT; forecasts released 1400 EDT/1800 GMT; news conference 1415 EDT/1815 GMT) Tuesday-Wednesday, June 19-20 (second day: statement released 1230 EDT/1630 GMT; forecasts released 1400 EDT/1800 GMT; news conference 1415 EDT/1815 GMT) Tuesday, July 31 (statement released 1415 EDT/1815 GMT) Wednesday, September 12 (statement released 1415 EDT/1815 GMT) Tuesday-Wednesday, October 23-24 (second day: statement released 1230 EDT/1630 GMT; forecasts released 1400 EDT/1800 GMT; news conference 1415 EDT/1815 GMT) Tuesday, December 11 (statement released 1415 EST/1915 GMT) 2013 Tuesday-Wednesday, January 29-30 (second day: statement released 1230 EST/1730 GMT; forecasts released 1400 EST/1900 GMT; news conference 1415 EST/1915 GMT) ------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE Wednesday, February 29 WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers semi-annual testimony on monetary policy before the House Financial Services Committee, 1000 EST/1500 GMT. Location TBA Wednesday, March 14 NASHVILLE - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before the 2012 Independent Community Bankers of America 2012 National Convention and Techworld, 0900 CDT/1000 EDT/1400 GMT. Other details TBA. Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, 2800 Opryland Drive. RSVP: Aleis Stokes, aleis.stokes@icba.org or Ann Chen, ann.chen@icba.org Tuesday, March 20 WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gives first of four lectures, "The Federal Reserve and its Role in Today's Economy" before undergraduates at the George Washington University School of Business, 1245 EDT/1645 GMT. Online viewing: www.ustream.tv/channel/federalreserve. Contact: 202 452 2955 Monday, March 26 ARLINGTON, Va. - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks on "A View From the Fed" before the National Association for Business Economics 2012 Economic Policy Conference, 0800 EDT/1200 GMT. Other details TBA. Marriott Crystal Gateway, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway. Information/online registration: http://telecomadvisors.biz/www.nabe.com/pc12/index.html Wednesday, April 25 WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke holds media briefing following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy, 1415 EDT/1815 GMT. Contact: 202 452 2955 --------------------------------------------- OTHER FED OFFICIALS Friday, February 24 NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams participates in discussion on 2012 report: "Housing Monetary Policy and the Recovery" before the "Initiative on Global Markets" 2012 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum hosted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 1045 EST/1545 GMT. No media availability. InterContinental The Barclay New York, 111 East 48th Street. Contact: Allan Friedman, allan.friedman@ChicagoBooth.edu or 773-702-9232; or Carol Eckert, carol.a.eckert@sf.frb.org or 415 977-3853 NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard participates in discussion on 2012 report: "Housing Monetary Policy and the Recovery" before the "Initiative on Global Markets" 2012 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum hosted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 1135 EST/1635 GMT. Media Q&A expected. InterContinental The Barclay New York, 111 East 48th Street. Contact: Allan Friedman, allan.friedman@ChicagoBooth.edu or 773-702-9232; or Adriene Dempsey, Adriene.L.Dempsey@stls.frb.org, or Ben Hardaway, Ben.C.Hardaway@stls.frb.org NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser participate in fiscal challenges panel before the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum sponsored by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Initiative on Global Markets, 1330 EST/1830 GMT. Plosser and Dudley audience Q&As expected. No Plosser media Q&A. InterContinental New York Barclay, 111 East 48th Street. Contact: Allan Friedman, allan.friedman@ChicagoBooth.edu or 773-702-9232 Tuesday, February 28 WESTFIELD CENTER, Ohio - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto speaks on "Prospects for the Nation and the Region" before the Medina County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) Annual Meeting, 1915 EST/0015 GMT. Audience Q&A expected. No media Q&A. Blair Center, Westfield Insurance Group Campus, 9079 S. Leroy Rd. Contact: Bethany Dentler, 330 722 9215 or bdentler@medinacounty.org Wednesday, February 29 MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher gives "U.S. Economic Overview" before a Bolsa Mexicana (Mexican Stock Exchange) breakfast, 0830 CST/0930 EST/1430 GMT. Audience Q&A TBD. Media Q&A expected. Bolsa Mexicana, Reforma 255, Col. Cuauhtemoc, CP 06500, Mexico City.

RSVP: Roberto Gavaldon, +52-55-53-42-95-91 or rgavaldon@bmv.com.mx NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser speaks on "A Perspective in Forecasting" before the Forecasters Club, 1300 EST/1800 GMT. Audience and media Q&As expected. Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street. RSVP by Noon ET Feb. 28: Samantha Ng, 212 986 9300 Thursday, March 1 CLEVELAND - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto speaks on "Keys to Growth for the Nation and the Region" before the City Club of Cleveland Business Leaders Series, 0800 EST/1300 GMT. Audience and media Q&As expected. City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Ave., 200. Contact: Carrie Miller, 216 621 0082, ext. 218, or cmiller@cityclub.org ATLANTA - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart speaks on "Economy and Banking" before the Banking Industry Outook Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1230 EST/1730 GMT. Audience Q&A expected. Media Q&A TBD. 1000 Peachtree Street. Contact: Jean Tate, 404 498 8035 or jean.tate@atl.frb.org Friday, March 2 VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard gives BMO Bank of Montreal lecture in Economics, "The U.S. Economy in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis," 1700 PST/2000 EST/0100 GMT. Slides and press release available. Audience and media Q&As expected. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Contact: Adriene Dempsey, 314 444 7471/314 852 5968 or adriene.l.dempsey@stls.frb.org Monday, March 5 ***DALLAS - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher speaks on "The State of the Economy" before the Dallas Regional Chamber. Event begins 1200 CST/1300 EST/1800 GMT. Q&A TBA. Hyatt Regency, Reunion Ballroom, 300 Reunion Boulevard. Contact: information@dallaschamber.org. Information: http://telecomadvisors.biz/www.dallaschamber.org/ WASHINGTON - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans speaks before the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, 1400 EST/1900 GMT. Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

RSVP: Bill Goodwin, wgoodwin@iib.org. Information: https://m360.iib.org/event.aspx?eventID=36248 Tuesday, March 20 ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota gives lecture at Washington University, 1630 CDT/1730 EDT/2130 GMT.

Location, topic and media Q&A TBD. Audience Q&A expected. Contact: Melinda Warren, warren@wustl.edu or 314-935-5652; or Patti Lorenzen, Patti.Lorenzen@mpls.frb.org or 612-204-5261. Information: http://telecomadvisors.biz/wc.wustl.edu/KocherlakotaForum3-20-2012 Friday, March 23 HONG KONG - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard speaks before the 15th Asian Investment conference, 2100 EDT March 22/0100 GMT (0900 Hong Kong time). Topic TBD. Slides and press release available. Audience and media Q&As expected. Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong. Contact: Adriene Dempsey, 314 444 7471/314 852 5968 or adriene.l.dempsey@stls.frb.org Monday, March 26 PARIS - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser participates in "Session III: Monetary Policy Issues" before the Global Interdependence Center "Re-Examining Central Bank Orthodoxy for Un-Orthodox Times" conference, 0700 EDT/1100 GMT (1300 Paris time). Audience and media Q&As expected. Banque de France. Information: http://telecomadvisors.biz/www.interdependence.org/programs-and-events/event-registration/programs/inaugural-meeting-of-the-global-society-of-fellows/ Tuesday, March 27 ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis releases remarks of closed-press event of President James Bullard before the "Monetary Policy in a Global Setting: China and the United States" conference in Beijing, 2000 CDT/2100 EDT/0100 GMT (0900 March 28 Beijing time). Contact: Adriene Dempsey, 314 444 7471/314 852 5968 or adriene.l.dempsey@stls.frb.org Thursday, March 29 WILMINGTON, Del. - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser speaks on the economic outlook before the Rotary Club of Wilmington, 1300 EDT/1700 GMT. Audience and media Q&As expected. Hotel Dupont, 1007 North Orange Street. Contact: Marilyn Wimp, 215 574 4197 or marilyn.wimp@phil.frb.org; or Katherine Dibling, 215 574 4119 or katherine.dibling@phil.frb.org Saturday, March 31 EVANSTON, Ill. - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota speaks before the Midwest Economics Association 2012 Annual Meeting, 1730 CDT/1830 EDT/2230 GMT. Topic and media Q&A TBD. Audience Q&A expected. Hilton Orrington, 1710 Orrington Ave. Contact: MEA@grinnell.edu or 920-507-0119; pr Patti Lorenzen, 612-204-5261 or patti.lorenzen@mpls.frb.org.

Information: http://telecomadvisors.biz/web.grinnell.edu/mea/ Wednesday, April 11 NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George speaks before the 21st Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Debt, Deficits and Financial Instability hosted by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 0930 EDT/1330 GMT. Media Q&A, topic TBA. Audience Q&A expected. Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street. Contact: Mark Primoff, 845 758 7411 or primoff@bard.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- FOMC MINUTES FROM MEETINGS: 2012 (RELEASED 1400 EDT/1800 GMT): Tuesday, April 3 (for March 13 meeting) OTHER FED REPORTS: Thursdays, 1630 EST/2130 GMT: WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve releases weekly Money Stock Measures (H.6); Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H.4.1); and Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Money Base (H.3). NOTE: Reports are delayed to same time Friday if Thursday is a federal holiday ------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: Eastern Standard Time through March 10, 2012 (five-hour time difference EST/GMT) Eastern Daylight Time begins March 11, 2012 (four-hour time difference EDT/GMT) Eastern Standard Time resumes November 4, 2012 (five-hour time difference EST/GMT) --------------------------------------------------------- VOTING MEMBERS: 2012 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams 2013 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George 2014 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota --------------------------------------------------------- (To access stories on Fed policy click on) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2012. All rights reserved.

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