Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Susan Collins to participate in fireside chat on the Boston Fed's portfolio of work, supporting the Fed's Congressional mandates, and how various sectors private, public, philanthropic, educational, and nonprofit can collaborate to enhance economic vitality before the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts Black Expo.

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Comments by the Federal Reserve policymakers can give clues on FOMC's economic assessment and policy outlook. Factors to watch include growth, inflation, unemployment, expected timing of changes in the fed funds rate, and expected levels of the fed funds rate in the near term.