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no government mandate or money. >> now charles evans, president of the chicago federal reserve speaks about the economy. mr. evans has been with the chicago fed since 1991 and became its president in september 2007. he spoke before the executive club of chicago for about 45 minutes. >> thank you very much for having me come and speak. ben bernanke was the commencement speaker at the boston college school of law and a few weeks ago. his message to the graduating class was simple. the flexible and open minded in dealing with the fact that life is unpredictable. as part of that speech, he quoted from the beatles, john lennon, like is what happens to you why you are busy making other plans. this morning i would like to quote the beatles as well. in regards to the current economy, i think it was paul mccartney who said yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. now it looks like they are here to stay. [laughter] at our meetings, we get by with a little help from our friends. i am not aware of any secret messages embedded in fomc statement, but i have been told that some of our statement

. >> charles evans of the cfr talked at the executive's club of chicago. he became the president in 2007. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you. that was a warm introduction. and thank you for inviting me to speak today. i have spoken to this group before and this is a great turnout. when she asked me to speak, i did not hesitate to accept the invitation. it is important to use every opportunity to help people understand the actions that we take. a few weeks ago, ben bernanke was the commencement speaker and his -- his message was simple. the flexible and open minded in dealing with the fact that life is unpredictable. he quoted john lennon, who said, life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. i would like to promote the beatles as well. it was paul mccartney who said, yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. we're often reminded of ringo starr as we get by with some help from our friends, and i am not aware of any hidden messages, but some of the statements made more sense if you read them backwards. now to a more serious subject. followi

later, charles evans, the president of the chicago federal reserve on the economy. >> today on american and the courts, a few commencement addresses at this year's graduation ceremonies given by supreme court justice, anthony kennedy. and georgia supreme court justice -- that is on 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> people do not want to think as the conservation as a policy as much as a passion. he put aside 240 million acres of wild america. now as people are talking about environmentalism and green movements, roosevelt is becoming the key figure to understand because he was the only politician of his day to absorb dar went and who understood biology and birds migratory patterns. -- to understand darwin and biology. and he actually did something. >> the first of two hours with douglas brinkley on wilbert s. warriors. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c- span, for download the c-span podcast. >> senate judiciary committee chairman, patrick leahy on supreme court nominee, judge sonia sotomayor. her confirmation hearing will begin july 13. this is about 35 minutes. let's hear at the university o