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MEDIA ADVISORY

Author:Charla Kucko

Release Date: Nov 25, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Charla Stevens Kucko, (585) 273-4806

 **Media Advisory**

PHILLY FED PRESIDENT CHARLES PLOSSER TO PRESENT 30^th ANNUAL ECONOMIC SEMINAR 

Rochester, N.Y.-November 24, 2008-Charles I. Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and former dean and professor at the Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, will present his 30th annual Economic Seminar at noon on December 2, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. Plosser, an economist of international distinction, assumed the Philly Fed presidency in August 2006.

            Plosser will share his views on current economic conditions and what can be expected in the coming year. He will also discuss the risks the economy faces going forward. Joining Plosser will be James E. Glassman, managing director and senior economist with J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. Glassman will share his economic outlook for New York State and upstate New York. E. Malcolm (Sandy) Wolcott Jr., president of J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., Upstate New York, will moderate the seminar.

            The event, sponsored by the Simon School, Rochester Business Alliance, and J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., is open to the public. Advance registration is required at $45 per person. To register or for more information, contact alumniRSVP@simon.rochester.edu or call (585) 275-7563.

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