Gail Psilos,, Director, Regional Economic Information, New Orleans Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (the "Fed") spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at its March 7, 2017 meeting. Ms. Silos discuss the role of the Federal Reserve Bank, its goals and its mission. The Federal Reserve Bank is the Central Bank of the United States and it works to manage inflation and assure maximum employment. It performs this mission via monetary policy. Currently inflation is slightly below the target rate of 2% at approx. 1.8%. The Fed, collects and distributes massive amounts of data on the US economy, generally making these data available to interested people. There are 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks in the US. The Fed does business with member banks and annually returns its income to the U.S. Treasury. Last year it returned $92 billion to the Treasury. Ms. Psilos is shown in the accompanying photo with Past President Tom Parry following her presentation. We thank her for her very interesting and informative talk and for her seervice to our country.