FASB Chairman Delivers Speech At National Press Club
June 26, 2009
FEI Summary

On June 26, 2009 Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Robert Herz presented a speech before the National Press Club. His remarks were entitled, History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, People Repeat History — Front-Line Thoughts and Observations on Creating a Sounder Financial System. See this FEI summary for highlights of the speech and selected highlights from the Question and Answer session that followed.

Prepared June 26, 2009 by Edith Orenstein, director, Accounting Policy Analysis, Financial Executives International (FEI). This summary does not reflect FEI opinion unless specifically noted above.