Good morning,

I am delighted to announce that former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is joining the Economic Studies program at Brookings as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence affiliated with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy.



On behalf of all my colleagues, I welcome Chairman Bernanke to the Institution. Drawing from his experience as a leading policymaker during a period of extraordinary challenge for the nation and the world, as well as from his previous work as a distinguished scholar and teacher, he will be a major contributor to the task of understanding the momentous events of the past eight years and crafting imaginative, pragmatic strategies to ensure the stability of the national and global economy.



David Wessel, Director of the Hutchins Center, provides his own perspective on Chairman Bernanke’s tenure as Fed Chair—and his move to Brookings—on the Brookings blog, available at: www.brookings.edu/Bernanke . Sincerely,



Strobe Talbott

President, The Brookings Institution