Calendar of Events

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Community Development

Sep

2024

Rural Community Action Assembly: Farm and Agricultural Business Transitions

10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

Virtual

About Us

Oct

2024

2024 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Forum

9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Hybrid)

Bank Policies and Supervision

Oct

2024

Leading the Way: Cybersecurity in the Third District

9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Virtual

The Economy

Oct

18-19

2024

Frontiers in Machine Learning and Economics: Methods and Applications – 2024

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Consumer Finance

Oct

22-23

2024

Eighth Annual Fintech Conference

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Hybrid)

Friday, September 20, 2024

Event: Tulane University Freeman School of Business Lecture

Topic: The Federal Reserve: It’s More Than Just Interest Rates

Location: Tulane University, Freeman School of Business, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex, 7 McAlister Drive, New Orleans, LA, 70118

Event Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT

Speech Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT

Text: Yes

Audience Q&A: Yes

Media Q&A: No

Blackout Periods

Federal Reserve staff, including those at the Philadelphia Fed, generally do not speak publicly during the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) blackout period. The period begins on midnight of the second Saturday preceding an FOMC meeting and lasts until midnight the full day following the meeting, unless otherwise noted. Blackout dates are listed below.

To request a Philadelphia Fed speaker, please use the speaker request form.

2024

January 20–February 1
March 9–21
April 20–May 2
June 1–13
July 20–August 1
September 7–19
October 26–November 8
December 7–19

2025

January 18–30
March 8–20
April 26–May 8
June 7–19
July 19–31
September 6–18
October 18–30
November 29–December 11

2026

January 17–29
March 7–19
April 18–30
June 6–18
July 18–30
September 5–17
October 17–29
November 28–December 10

Holidays

2024

New Year's Day:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day:
Presidents' Day:
Memorial Day:
Juneteenth National
Independence Day:
Independence Day:
Labor Day:
Columbus Day:
Veterans Day:
Thanksgiving Day:
Christmas Day:

Monday, January 1
Monday, January 15
Monday, February 19
Monday, May 27

Wednesday, June 19
Thursday, July 4
Monday, September 2
Monday, October 14
Monday, November 11
Thursday, November 28
Wednesday, December 25

2025

Wednesday, January 1
Monday, January 20
Monday, February 17
Monday, May 26

Thursday, June 19
Friday, July 4
Monday, September 1
Monday, October 13
Tuesday, November 11
Thursday, November 27
Thursday, December 25

2026

Thursday, January 1
Monday, January 19
Monday, February 16
Monday, May 25

Friday, June 19
Saturday, July 4*
Monday, September 7
Monday, October 12
Wednesday, November 11
Thursday, November 26
Friday, December 25

2027

Friday, January 1
Monday, January 18
Monday, February 15
Monday, May 31

Saturday, June 19*
Sunday, July 4**
Monday, September 6
Monday, October 11
Thursday, November 11
Thursday, November 25
Saturday, December 25

*For holidays falling on Saturday, all Federal Reserve Banks and Branches will be open the preceding Friday.
**For holidays falling on Sunday, all Federal Reserve Banks and Branches will be closed the following Monday.