HERE COMES BERNANKE...

Outgoing Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking at the annual AEA/ASSA meeting at 2:30 PM ET.

"There is focus on the Bernanke speech and his likely slant on tapering," says Steven Englander, global head of G10 FX strategy at Citi.

"His perspective is important because it will give insight into how the Fed's center-dovish wing views tapering."

This will be Bernanke's last speaking engagement as chairman of the Fed. We will have his comments here.