Policy Forum 

# Market Bailouts and the “Fed Put” 

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Date and Time 

November 30, 2007 5 - 7 PM EST 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **William Poole**, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Former Member, Council of Economic Advisers. 

Poole will address two questions: Do Federal Reserve monetary policy actions serve to bail out the markets? To the extent that such bailouts occur, do they raise moral hazard issues?

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