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Philadelphia Council for Business Economics ("PCBE") primary objectives are:

To provide a convenient means for meeting fellow business professionals in the Greater Philadelphia area.

To have programs and speakers on topics of special interest to business professionals.

To offer a vehicle to universities, community organizations, and other professional groups to contact local business professionals on programs and activities of mutual interest.


Our Upcoming Events
04/07/10"Municipal Securities Credit Research"
Mitchell Savader, Savader Asset Advisors

05/05/10"Foreign Exchange Strategy"
Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy
Brown Brothers Harriman

06/02/10"Comparison of Labor Markets in the Great Recession."
Eileen Appelbaum - Rutgers University
School of Management and Labor Relations


Recent PCBE Meeting Speaker Notes
03/03/10Financial Interdependence in the
World's Post-Crisis Capital Markets

02/03/10"2010 U.S. Spending Outlook"
Ellen Beeson Zentner, Senior Economist
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

01/06/10"Housing - Is it Getting Better?"
James Diffley, IHS Global Insight

12/03/09Annual Evening Holiday Reception
11/10/09Michael Niemira, Chief Economist, ICSC
"The Holiday Retail Outlook"


Today's Economic Events
07:00AMWeekly MBA Mortgage Applications Survey
10:00AMJan Wholesale Inventories : -0.8% Prior Period
10:00AMJan Regional and State Employment and Unemployment
10:30AMWeekly U.S. Petroleum Status Report
02:00PMFeb U.S. Treasury Budget

Latest Economic News
03/10/10Wholesale Inventories down 0.2% in January
03/10/10Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
03/09/10Job Openings rose 2.1%
03/09/10ICSC Chain Store Sales rise 2.9% in Mar 6 Wk
03/08/10Employment Trends Index rose in February to 93.5
03/05/10Consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 2.50%

Federal Reserve Board Speeches
02/26/10Speech by Governor Tarullo on financial regulatory reform
02/25/10Testimony by Governor Duke on small business lending
02/25/10Testimony by Scott G. Alvarez, General Counsel, on incentive compensation
02/24/10Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
02/18/10Speech by Governor Duke on her first year at the Fed
02/12/10Testimony by Governor Tarullo on equipping financial regulators with the tools necessary to monitor systemic risk
02/10/10Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on the Federal Reserve's exit strategy
02/03/10Remarks by Chairman Bernanke at his swearing-in ceremony
02/03/10Speech by Governor Warsh on regulation and its discontents
01/29/10Speech by Vice Chairman Kohn on focusing on bank interest rate risk exposure

Federal Reserve Board Press Releases
03/10/10Written agreement with Olmsted Holding Corporation
03/10/10Written agreement with Idaho Bancorp and Idaho Banking Company
03/09/10Federal Reserve announces results of auction of $25 billion in 28-day credit held on March 8, 2010
03/08/10Written agreement with Heritage Oaks Bancorp
03/08/10Federal Reserve offers $25 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility
03/05/10G.19 Consumer Credit
03/03/10Federal Reserve announces proposed rules to protect credit card users from certain practices
03/02/10Federal Reserve Banks announce completion of check processing infrastructure changes
03/01/10Written agreement with Northwest Community Bancorp
03/01/10Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn resigns from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, effective June 23, 2010





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