Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 4th July 2018

Bank Hosts First Behavioral Economics Conference

More than 80 economists, from both within the Federal Reserve System and from academia, gathered at the Boston Fed to discuss how behavioral economic models should inform economic policy-making and central banking.

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 12th August 2018

United States Treasurer Rios Visits Boston Fed

United States Treasurer Rios discusses objectives, new $100 bill in Q&A

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 5th September 2018

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Exhibit Highlights National Money Show in Boston

Visitors enjoy currency exhibits, tall tales of mutilated money at World’s Fair of Money in Boston.

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 23rd May 2020

Boston Fed's Academic Advisory Council Provides ‘Second Opinion’

Surrounded by some of the world's most prestigious universities, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston relies on the region's top academic economists to provide different perspectives. The Boston Fed's Academic Advisory Council meets three times a year, and ensures that "group-think" doesn't impact the First District's policy recommendations.

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 2nd September 2019

Rosengren Discusses Fiscal Austerity, Inflation on CNBC

In a roof garden interview with CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman earlier this summer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren touched upon a number of topics, including fiscal austerity in the U.S., unemployment, regulatory reform and core inflation, among other issues.

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 10th August 2018

Rolnick Touts Benefits of Early Investment in ‘Human Capital’

“Instead of being focused on building new sports stadiums, we should be focused on building ‘human infrastructure,’” said Rolnick, a talented macro-economist who serves as an associate economist with the Federal Open Market Committee. “The right way to do economic development is to invest in human capital, and in the very early years.”

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 5th October 2019

Innovative Bank-Treasury Partnership has Changed how America Does Business

Launched last fall, the Internet Payment Platform (IPP) promises to be a groundbreaking Web-based tool that makes it much easier for federal agencies and their vendors to conduct business. While streamlining the order-to-payment cycle is an innovative effort for the U.S. Treasury, which owns the platform, what wasn’t so groundbreaking was the longstanding partnership that produced this evolving electronic marketplace.

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 1st October 2019

Banks Hope to Make a Difference with Mortgage Relief Fund

In response to the subprime mortgage crisis and rising foreclosures – and encouraged by Boston Fed leadership – Citizens Bank, Sovereign Bank, TD Banknorth, Webster Bank and Bank of America launched the Mortgage Relief Fund, a $125-million initiative that aims to help some New England homeowners refinance into more affordable mortgages, enabling many to avoid delinquency and foreclosure.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Annual Report 2010 • 4th September 2018

A Tribute to Chief Operating Officer Paul Connolly

Upon Chief Operating Officer Paul Connolly's retirement in 2010, the Boston Fed honored him with a written tribute in the bank's 2010 annual report.

Breezes (Employee Newsletter of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) • 1st March 2019

Gibson, Hollywood Hit Dewey Square

Thanks to recently enacted tax breaks for film companies, movie shoots are an increasingly common sight in and around the Hub. So, early on the overcast morning of October 16, a film crew was setting up shop on Dewey Square, and rumor quickly spread that Mel Gibson would be shooting a scene or two.

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 8th September 2020

Fed Golfers Take Swings, Trade Laughs, at Fall Tournament

While Mark Twain once argued that “golf is a good walk, spoiled,” the famous author never attended a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston golf tournament, where fun is the first order of the day. The bank’s most recent tournament, which took place on a picture-perfect, mid-September day at the South Shore Country Club in Hingham was more like a "good walk, spoiled” -- only by laughs, good-natured ribbing, whiffs, slices, hooks and, in the end, some pretty good golf.