ESCANABA — Are you curious about interest rates, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy views? Do you have a hard question about the economy? Are you curious about what the Minneapolis Fed does within the Federal Reserve System? Do you care about income inequality, and what might be done about it? Are you worried that banks are still too big to fail?

Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, will host a Town Hall Forum to answer these and other questions on Monday, May 21, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Joseph Heirman Center at Bay College.

The event is free, and will feature a free-form audience question and answer period with Kashkari, who is a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the body of the Federal Reserve System that sets national monetary policy, including interest rates.

Kashkari will give brief opening remarks, followed by an open-mic question and answer period with the audience, which will be moderated by Dr. Laura Coleman, president of Bay College.

To register go to: FRBMinneapolis.cvent.com/Escanaba

Kashkari has been president of the Minneapolis Fed since January 2016. During his brief tenure, he has made it a priority each year to visit local communities in every state in the Minneapolis Fed’s Ninth District, which includes Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and portions of Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. While Kashkari is visiting the Escanaba region, he will also visit privately with business, community and tribal leaders.

The town hall forum is held in partnership with Bay College, Delta County Economic Development Alliance, and Upper Peninsula Economic Development Alliance.