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structure,apractical mix of centralized and decen-tralized elements.Locating the powerto make monetary policy within a cen-tral body,the Federal Open MarketCommittee,allows for swift decisionmaking and consistent action.Givingother powers to 12 Federal ReserveBanks,including voting rights on theFOMC,enables the different regionsof the country to be represented in thepolicymaking process.As president ofa Federal Reserve Bank,I work to un-derstand the unique characteristics ofmy district,and the presidents of theother 1l banks do so in theirs.Togeth-er,we bring a regional perspective tothe national dialogue.  \nI won't go into great detail about howeach FOMC meeting unfolds,but I willtell you that during every meeting,wehave what is known as a“go-round”where each president reviews develop-ments in his or her region.These in-sights are a critical part of the policy-and decision making processes.  \nYes,we receive and are constant!y re-viewing the latest national and interna-tional economic statistics.We employseveral hundred economists throughoutthe System.These experts pore overthe data,conduct research,and createmodels to project economic activity.Asignificant part of my preparation forthe meetings essentially involves sift-ing through the different explanationsthat might lie behind the national sta-tistics.  \nVery often,the official data that areavailable are just not current enoughfor a forward-looking enterprise likemonetary policy.So to prepare for  \nANational Voice,a Regional View  \nFOMC meetings,I must rely not onlyon my team of economists—as talentedas they are—but also on peoplein thecommunity.Input from businesspeo-ple and consumers provides me withreliable information on the economyfar ahead of when the official statisticsare released.But there is a more subtlevalue to this firsthand information.  \nYou might think of the statistical datathat we gather on the economy as be-ing a bit like the readout on your car'sdashboard:All of the information ismeant to tell you what is happening toyour car,but typically does not tell youwhy it is happening.When the oil lighton your car's dashboard comes on,you know that the oil level is probablylow,but you don't know why.Maybethere's a leak,or maybe your mechanicleft the cap off.To find out,you haveto look under the hood.  \nMeeting with people is my way oflooking under our economy's hoodThe conversations enable me to under-stand the why behind the what.Theyhelp me judge which of the various ex-planations being offered for the condi-tion of the national economy is mostreasonable.  \nFor me,this process of learning aboutmy District's economy has been en-ergizing and educational.I have trav-eled a mile beneath the earth's surfaceto observe state-of-the-art coal miningtechnology.I have witnessed the mostpowerful fireworks I have ever seenas 200 tons of scrap steel were meltedwith electrodes and then transformedinto some of the world's strongest steelbarsI have seen cookies frosted byrobots and hogs tenderly cared for bycomputers.I have watched a surgicalteam,headed by a world-renowned  \nMarch 15,2004  \nSandra Pianalto,president andchief executive officer of the FederalReserve Bank of Cleveland,discuss-es the way the Federal Reserve Sys-tem ensures that different regions ofthe country are represented in mak-ing monetary policy,describes theway our economyis changing,andsuggests some ways the nation canmeet economic challenges ahead.This Commentary is adapted fromher remarks to the City Club ofCleveland on March 5,2004.  \nsurgeon,stop,repair,then restart,a hu-man heart.I experienced all of theseextraordinary events within the con-fines of my District.  \nI take these stories and the lessons Ilearn from them to Washington.Theyallow me to attach reality—not to men-tion human faces and voices—to whatwould otherwise be seemingly sterilestatistics.This information plays a keyrole in shaping our national policy de-cisions  \n# ■ What 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