WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book for Jan. 15, 2020: Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity continued to expand in the First District at the close of 2019. Retailers and manufacturers cited modest to moderate revenue increases from a year earlier, while results for software and information technology services firms were stronger. Respondents in these three sectors also reported continued tight labor markets, but none mentioned i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 20 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following remarks on June 19 by President and CEO Eric S. Rosengren at Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce: For all of us, the effects of COVID-19 have been uniquely challenging. Cities like Boston and New York ended up with a high number of COVID-19 cases, given their population density along with their mix of transportation, tourism, international business travel, and education. Rhode Island, too, is one of sev  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight issued the following testimony by Benjamin Rome, associate physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School, for a video conference hearing entitled "Repurposing Therapeutic Drugs for COVID-19; Research Challenges and Opportunities" on June 19: My name is Benjamin Rome. I am a practicing primary care physician and a health policy researc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 20 -- The New England Council issued the following statement by President and CEO James T. Brett on the Supreme Court's decision rejecting the Trump administration's effort to end the DACA program: "The New England Council commends the U.S. Supreme Court on today's decision to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. "There are some 15,000 Dreamers in New England, and they are important members of our communities. "They are students at our  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, June 20 -- Western New England University issued the following news release: The Western New England University School of Law's Center for Social Justice will host "The Color of Life in a Time of Crisis: Thinking through Racial Disparities During COVID-19" on Thursday, June 25 from noon to 1:30 p.m. EST. This event is free and open to the public with registration. A nationally-curated group of panelists will be speaking about the inequalities COVID-19 has laid bare   more