The Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce will host the Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast on Jan. 19, at 7:30 a.m. at Kutztown University’s MacFarland Student Union, Room 218. Open to the public, the breakfast is sponsored by Fleetwood Bank.
Online registration is accessed securely at www.northeastberkschamber.com. Doors will open at 7:30 a.m. Advance paid registration by members is $15; at-the-door and non-member registration is $20. This is the highest attended event of the year, so register early.
An Annual Meeting of Members of the Northeast Berks Chamber will precede a presentation by Ryotaro Tashiro of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. New and outgoing board members and officers will be recognized.
Ryotaro Tashiro is an economic and public outreach associate in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He is responsible for conducting research on current regional economic issues in the Federal Reserve’s Third District and informing external audiences on national and regional economic conditions, monetary policy, and the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy.
Prior to joining the Bank in June 2016, Tashiro was a business analyst for Bloomberg, where he was responsible for conducting research on issues related to equity data quality. He also has substantial teaching experience, ranging from high school advanced placement economics to undergraduate intermediate Japanese and intermediate Spanish.
Tashiro has a master’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Kenyon College.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia helps formulate and implement monetary policy, supervises banks and bank and savings and loan holding companies, and provides financial services to depository institutions and the federal government.
It is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank serves eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is located at Ten Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA 19106. For more information, visit www.philadelphiafed.org.
The mission of Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce is to be a resource and a voice for its members (and those who are not yet members) in Northeast Berks County.
For more information, contact Lori B. Donofrio-Galley, Executive Director, at 610-683-8860 or at ldg@northeastberkschamber.com.
