Richmond Federal Reserve President Tom Barkin is set to address the First Friday Economic Outlook Forum on January 3, 2025. The event will take place at the Hilton Baltimore BWI Hotel in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The speech is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. ET and will be available on richmondfed.org. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session following the speech, with a separate media Q&A to follow.

The First Friday Economic Outlook Forum provides an opportunity for engagement between regional leaders and policymakers on community-specific economic issues. This event is part of a series of speeches by Barkin, who will also speak in Raleigh, North Carolina on January 7; Richmond, Virginia on January 9; and Annapolis, Maryland on January 15.

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Jim Strader is handling media inquiries related to these events.