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President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde, Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda and chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell pictured at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in 2023. Natalie Behring\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It may look like a routine gathering of economists, central bankers and academics. But every August, the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium make headlines, move markets and fuels policy debates.\u00a0Hosted since 1978 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the annual meeting convenes roughly 120 participants to discuss new research and pressing economic issues. Over time, it has also become key stage for signaling future\u00a0financial trends and monetary policy.<\/p>\n

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The symposium\u2019s first editions in the late 1970s rotated across different locations. By the early 1980s, organizers settled on the Jackson Lake Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyo., a valley encircled by the Grand Teton mountains. The site has a storied past. It was once owned by financier John D. Rockefeller Jr., who began buying up land in the region in the 1920s, and later donated to the National Park Service.<\/p>\n

The choice of Jackson Hole wasn\u2019t just about scenery. Hoping to entice then\u2013Fed chair Paul Volcker<\/a>, an avid fly fisherman, the Kansas City Fed strategically picked the valley for its trout-filled streams. Volcker\u2019s appearance in 1982 proved a turning point, establishing a tradition of central bankers making the summer trip.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the setting underscores economic divides. Teton County, which includes Jackson Hole, is the most unequal county in the entire U.S., according to the Economic Policy Institute. There, the top 1 percent earn more than 142 times the income<\/a> of the remaining 99 percent.<\/p>\n

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A view of the Jackson Lake Lodge, which hosts the symposium annually. Natalie Behring\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What began as a research-heavy conference now revolves around a tradition set by Volcker in 1982: the Fed chair\u2019s opening speech. It is also the only publicly streamed portion of the conference. The Kansas City Fed preserves the event\u2019s exclusivity by keeping invitations limited, restricting media access, and charging attendees a participation fee.<\/p>\n

Each symposium is built around a timely theme. Media interest spiked in 2007, when the focus on \u201cHousing, Housing Finance and Monetary Policy\u201d foreshadowed the financial crisis. Since then, the gathering has only grown more influential as central banks\u2019 role in economic stability has come into sharper view.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme, \u201cLabor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy,\u201d will take center stage between Aug. 21 and Aug. 23, The conference will open with remarks from Fed chair Jerome Powell<\/a>, who\u2019s expected to outline the central bank\u2019s approach to inflation, employment and long-term growth.<\/p>\n

The details of Powell\u2019s speech remain under wraps until tomorrow. But one certainty is that his words will be parsed closely. In past appearances, Powell has used the platform to signal interest rate changes and unveil new strategic frameworks. Last year, his address marked a pivotal shift in the Fed\u2019s policy by signaling rate cuts after a long streak of increases to fight inflation.<\/p>\n

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