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2004 News Releases
For immediate release:
November 10, 2004
Media contact:
James Hoard
Phone: (214) 922-5307
e-mail: james.hoard@dal.frb.org
Dallas Fed Conference
to Examine Future
of Border Economy
Security concerns and global competition
are among factors currently challenging the historically
robust job growth along the U.S.-Mexican border.
A group of noted experts in border
issues will discuss what lies ahead for the border economy
at a December 3, 2004, conference sponsored by the El
Paso and San Antonio branches of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas. The conference is hosted in cooperation
with the University of Texas at Brownsville.
“Framing the Future: Tomorrow’s
Border Economy” will be held at the Marriott Hotel,
1600 Airway Blvd., El Paso. Participants can register
to attend the conference at www.dallasfed.org.
Experts will focus on today’s
most critical border issues and discuss what current
events—including increased education spending—could
mean to the region's economic growth for this decade
and beyond.
The keynote speaker will be Kristin
Forbes of the President’s Council of Economic
Advisers.
Speakers also will include P.T.
Wright, Department of Homeland Security; Garrick Taylor,
Border Trade Alliance; Alejandro Díaz-Bautista,
Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Javier Sánchez
Reaza, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas;
and Serge Coulombe, University of Ottawa.
Additional information about
the conference and a list of confirmed speakers can
be found on the Dallas Fed website: www.dallasfed.org.
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