fairs that were supported by gcsu and sometimes judged by its faculty. we also learned a lot from students at georgia college. we were especially sponges in the presence of the international students, so far from home, whom my mother advised and whom my parents took a special interest in and often invited to church at flagg chapel and to our house for sunday dinner. these students brought the world to us. my sisters and i will also forever be grateful to another group of students, our gcsu babysitters, who were critical in promoting scholastic achievement while exposing us to popular culture, which we had little access to at home. they smuggled in music by earth, wind, and fire, teddy pendergrass, and other artists, rescuing the cook girls from being seen as complete nerds. something else that brought the world to me was the gcsu library, and its amazing librarians, who could assist a curious girl who always had more questions. around my house, many questions from the pesky kids were met with, " ask your mom ", or " ask your dad. " and, if my parents did not know the answer, they said " ask the encyclopedia or the librarian ( at georgia college )! " the librarians and archivists took special pride in preserving the legacy of renowned author flannery o'connor, a resident of milledgeville and 1945 graduate of georgia college for women, as it was known then. i remember walking by an exhibit displaying some part of the o'connor archives each time i visited the library. the georgia college community introduced us to the world in many other ways. allied arts, the local arts - presenting organization, partnered with the university to bring world renowned dance, theater, and music performances, as well as the visual arts, to the college community and the town. betty snyder, whom some faculty and staff might remember, was the indefatigable force and immense talent leading allied arts at the time. her daughter, genie snyder chamberlain, is with us today. the national arts program of the public service organization delta sigma theta sorority also partnered with my mother and the college to bring well - and little - known history makers to campus. in the seventh grade, i was afforded the transformative opportunity as a 2 / 4 bis - central bankers'speeches student journalist to interview three of these figures - poet nikki giovanni ; rosey grier, the actor, football star, and entrepreneur ; and olympian and

system ( 2016 ), “ minutes of the federal open market committee, july 26 – 27, 2016, ” press release, august 17 ; and board of governors of the federal reserve system ( 2016 ), “ minutes of the 9 / 10 bis central bankers'speeches federal open market committee, november 1 - 2, 2016, ” press release, november 23, 8 see board of governors of the federal reserve system ( 2017 ), “ fomc issues addendum to the policy normalization principles and plans, ” press release, june 14, paragraph 6. 9 the fomc announced this change to its balance sheet policy in its september 2017 postmeeting statement ; see board of governors of the federal reserve system ( 2017 ), “ federal reserve issues fomc statement, ” press release, september 20. 10 see board of governors, “ fomc issues addendum, ” paragraph 6, in note 7. 11 see ihrig and others, “ managing the composition of high - quality liquid assets, ” in note 5. 12 the december 2017 survey of primary dealers is available on the federal reserve bank of new york ’ s website a t www. newyorkfed. org / medialibrary / media / markets / survey / 2017 / dec - 2017 - spd - results. pdf. the december survey of market participants is available at www. newyorkfed. org / medialibrary / media / markets / survey / 2017 / dec - 2017 - smp - results. pdf. return to text 13 see federal reserve bank of new york ( 2018 ), open market operations during 2017 ( new york : frbny, april ), available at www. newyorkfed. org / markets / annual _ reports. html. among other things, the report reviews the conduct of open market operations and other developments that influenced the system open market account of the federal reserve in 2017. 14 for a discussion of the overall effects of the decline in the fed ’ s balance sheet, see jane ihrig, lawrence mize, and gretchen c. weinbach ( 2017 ), “ how does the fed adjust its securities holdings and who is affected? ( pdf ) ” finance and economics discussion series 2017 – 099 ( washington : board of governors of the federal reserve system, september ). 10 / 10 bis central bankers'speeches