Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks live at the conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on Resilience and Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities.
Bernanke is delivering the lunch keynote speech. Comments made will be vigorously dissected for any indication of the Fed’s reaction to recent weak economic data including lower consumer confidence, weak jobs, declining PPI, and weak retail sales. Gold prices and equities have fallen but may find support on dovish comments by the Fed chair: