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144: Concluding remarks from a speech before the Financial Executives International

Richard W. Fisher

143: Beer goggles, monetary camels, the eye of the needle and the first law of holes (with reference to Peter Boockvar, the Book of Matthew, Sherlock Holmes, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ and Denis Healey)

Richard W. Fisher

142: State of the Texas economy: an annual update (with reference to Gen. Sheridan and John Steinbeck)

Richard W. Fisher

141: Comments on monetary policy (with praise for Urban Lehner, Norman Borlaug and dentists)

Richard W. Fisher

140: A U.S. economic update and perspective on monetary policy (with reference to Leslie W. Fisher)

Richard W. Fisher

139: Annus horribilis or annus mirabilis (with reference to Errol Flynn, Robert Roosa, Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, Felix Rohatyn and Mick Jagger)

Richard W. Fisher

138: $100 bill launch

Richard W. Fisher

137: Uncertainty matters (with reference to kinky monetary policy, two nickels and a dime)

Richard W. Fisher

136: Review, reflect and deflect (with reference to the Texas ratio, 'super-spreaders' and three great newspapers)

Richard W. Fisher

135: Placing manufacturing in context (with reference to Frank Sinatra, Joseph Schumpeter, Ernie Preeg, George Mitchell, Tom Stemberg, a feckless Congress and … Secretariat)

Richard W. Fisher

134: Horseshift! (with reference to Gordian Knots)

Richard W. Fisher

133: Correcting ‘Dodd–Frank’ to actually end ‘Too Big to Fail’

Richard W. Fisher

132: The status of the U.S. Economy and a perspective on ‘The Modern Monetarism’ (with reference to Sheila Copps, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Volcker and William Shakespeare)

Richard W. Fisher

131: Fiscal policy. Oy! (with reference to Ben Bernanke, Ken Arrow, Thomas Jefferson, William Shakespeare and the Oracle of Omaha)

Richard W. Fisher

130: 'Oil and gas, blondes and over-accessorized brunettes, and ruthless, hard-drinking cowboys' (with reference to Sheikh Zayed, Diana Natalicio, my nephew Charles and President Peña Nieto)

Richard W. Fisher

129: Ending 'Too Big to Fail'

Richard W. Fisher

128: Comments on monetary policy and 'Too Big to Fail' (with a tribute to Irving Kristol)

Richard W. Fisher

127: Ending 'Too Big to Fail': a proposal for reform before it's too late (with reference to Patrick Henry, complexity and reality)

Richard W. Fisher

126: Excerpts from Richard Fisher's remarks before the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce

Richard W. Fisher

125: The state of the West (with reference to George Shultz, Eisenhower, Buzz Lightyear, George Strait, the San Francisco Fed and Adam and Eve)

Richard W. Fisher

124: Opening remarks with an update on the continued outperformance of Mexico's economy and government compared with that of the United States

Richard W. Fisher

123: The United States is not Europe and Texas ain't France: America as the thoroughbred economy

Richard W. Fisher

122: Comments to the Harvard Club of New York City on monetary policy (with reference to Tommy Tune, Nicole Parent, the FOMC, Velcro, drunken sailors and Congress)

Richard W. Fisher

121: Remarks before the Australian American Leadership Dialogue

Richard W. Fisher

120: Vignettes of Dallas Fed history on the eve of our centennial (with grateful reference to George Dealey and a tip of the hat to Ebby Halliday, W.F. Ramsey, and Fed and Ginger)>

Richard W. Fisher

119: Globalization and government policy

Richard W. Fisher

118: Globalization and monetary policy

Richard W. Fisher

117: Globalization and Texas

Richard W. Fisher

116: Contemplating the nature of money and the capillaries of capitalism

Richard W. Fisher

115: A perspective on the economic outlook

Richard W. Fisher

114: An overview of banking, and the U.S. and Texas economies

Richard W. Fisher

113: The world economy: sharpening our peripheral vision

Richard W. Fisher

112: China's economic growth

Richard W. Fisher

111: A walk around the world economy

Richard W. Fisher

110: Can Germany hold its own in the new world of a reconfigured Europe, an ascendant China, and 21st century America? Is German economic decline exaggerated? or inevitable?

Richard W. Fisher

109: A year-end wrap-up of the economy and a peek ahead

Richard W. Fisher

108: Implications of renminbi internationalization for the U.S. and the global economy (with reference to Wu Yi, being manufactured in China, Yang Rui, Deng Xiaoping and avoiding the middle-income trap)

Richard W. Fisher

107: The limits of the powers of central banks (with metaphoric references to Edvard Munch's Scream and Sir Henry Raeburn's The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch)

Richard W. Fisher

106: Adios \"Texas Ratio\" (with an unauthorized rewrite of George Strait's most memorable song and a tribute to Bob Hankins)

Richard W. Fisher

105: “Not to be used externally, but also harmful if swallowed”: projecting the future of the economy and lessons learned from Texas and Mexico

Richard W. Fisher

104: The United States should borrow Mexico's fiscal discipline manual (with reference to Cantinflas, Guillermo Ortiz's quip, inflation targeting and many comparative metrics)

Richard W. Fisher

103: Texas redux, America restrained (with a discussion of the limits of monetary policy)

Richard W. Fisher

102: A report on the Texas economy and a hawk(s)eye view on recent Fed pronouncements: what does it all mean?

Richard W. Fisher

101: Where have we been and where are we going? (with reference to Wodehouse’s Lead Pipe, Saint Willibrord’s Shuffle, Munch’s Scream and Sarah Bloom Raskin’s Sink)

Richard W. Fisher

100: Taming the Too-Big-to-Fails: Will Dodd–Frank Be the Ticket or Is Lap-Band surgery required? (with reference to Vinny Guadagnino, Andrew Haldane, Paul Volcker, John Milton, Tom Hoenig and Churchill’s ‘Terminological Inexactitude’)

Richard W. Fisher

99: Thoughts on Bastiat (with a nod to Keynes!)

Richard W. Fisher

98: Buy a ticket! (with reference to the Strauss Brothers, Ambassador Mike Moore, Kenneth Arrow, financial sharpies, Martin Luther King Jr. and Gov. Dewey)

Richard W. Fisher

97: A report on the economy (with a nod to the Carl Sewells and Ben Bernanke)

Richard W. Fisher

96: Texas: what makes us exceptional? Where are we vulnerable?

Richard W. Fisher

95: Explaining dissent on the FOMC vote for Operation Twist (with reference to Jan Mayen Island, Paul Volcker and Thor’s Hammer)

Richard W. Fisher