The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and St. Louis in collaboration with the University of Chicago hosted the Sixth Annual Exploring Career Pathways in Economics and Related Fields Conference. At this one-day, in-person event, high school and college students heard from trailblazers in economics and related fields about their career journeys and offered tips and insights on how students can launch their own impactful careers.

Attendees experienced:

• Connecting with industry leaders and top organizations
• Dived into undergraduate research poster sessions
• Discovered how data drives real-world change
• Gained inspiration to kickstart a career in economics

This full-day program featured a keynote address by Daryl Fairweather, Chief Economist at Redfin and recent author of Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work. The program also included an interactive lunch session led by J-PAL and FRED, providing valuable insights and discussions to connect economic data to research.