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Increasing transparency by compiling and sharing new kinds of information.

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In April 2012, Bank president Eric Rosengren began posting his external meetings to our public website.


Sharing perspectives on the economy.

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Bank president Eric Rosengren gave 11 major speeches in 2012, and many smaller talks, to explain his analysis of economic and financial issues. Other Bank economists discussed their research on the economy at more than 70 general audience talks (in addition to many academic presentations) – a 36 percent increase in general audience talks over 2011.

Using new communications channels to share information.

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We actively used the Bank’s Twitter handle, @BostonFed, to share a wide variety of information, and saw our Twitter followers more than double. Separately we produced our first mobile app educational tool, Fed Trivia: Currency. It is available as a free download in the iTunes store.