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May 1, 2000

MOVE OVER, CHAIRMAN GREENSPAN
High School Students to Compete
In Fed-Sponsored Economics Challenge

TO:

Education Writers/Business Editors
FROM:

Carol Eckert
Media Relations Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
(415) 977-3853
WHO:

The Smartest Kids in the West
25 teams of high school students from Northern California
WHAT: Meeting the Challenge!
Federal Reserve Regional Economics Challenge Competition, sponsored by the California State Council on Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF)
WHEN:

Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Written competition from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., followed by college bowl-style interactive competition from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
PHOTO OPP:

See the top teams compete head-to-head in an exciting college bowl round. Meet some of the smartest kids in the West, as competing team members face off in the finals using hand-held buzzers to beat one another in responding to questions.
WHERE:

Contra Costa Branch of California State University, Hayward
4700 Ygnacio Valley Road, Concord, California
Academic Services Center, 2nd Floor
(925) 602-6700
WHY:

The four-round event will test students' knowledge and understanding of microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, and the Federal Reserve System. Now in its third year, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Economics Challenge is just one of many ways the FRBSF works with educators to make economics come alive in the classroom. In eleven different venues throughout the West, more than 650 students and one hundred-plus teachers are vying for the top state prizes—$1,000 savings bonds—and for the grand prize—expense-paid trips to San Francisco, where the winners will be treated to an inside look at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
CONTACT:

Jane Lopus, Director, Center for Economic Education
California State University, Hayward
(510) 885-3140

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Note: For information on other Economics Challenge competitions in other western states, please contact Ron Weiss, Public Relations and Education Specialist for the FRBSF, at (415) 974-2957.