12:58 p.m., Jan. 7, 2009----Charles I. Plosser, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, will be a featured speaker at the 2009 Economic Forecast to be held Wednesday morning, Jan. 14, at Clayton Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

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The annual event, hosted by Lyons Companies and the University of Delaware Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, will begin at 8:30 a.m.

This will be Plosser's first forecast in the new year. He will present his views in a discussion along with national and global economists Michael K. Farr, president of Farr Miller & Washington, LLC, and David R. Malpass, of Encima Global, LLC.

“Each year the Economic Forecast attracts a more impressive panel of speakers and a larger audience,” said David F. Lyons Sr., president and chief executive officer of Lyons Companies. “Business and community leaders are having to make tough decisions every day and the insights of these economists will influence the outcome of the current economic crisis.”

Business and community leaders, educators and students will be in attendance.

The speakers will make their presentations and engage in a discussion led by James B. O'Neill, University of Delaware professor of economics and director of the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship in the Lerner College of Business and Economics.

Following the discussion, speakers will take questions from the audience.

“As people express how perplexed they are with the current economic environment, this forum is an opportunity for the public to both hear and interact with an excellent panel of experts, including the president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank,” O'Neill said.

There is no charge to attend, however seating is limited and reservations are required. For more information about the event and to register, contact [seminars@lyonsinsurance.com].