BOSTON -- House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi hosts an economic summit with banking and business leaders today as the state grapples with the ongoing fiscal downturn.
The meeting comes a week after DiMasi and House leaders sat down with top economists to discuss the state's financial woes.
Today's meeting includes representatives from state chartered banks and credit unions, local deposit insurance entities and other leaders in the financial services industry.
The closed door meeting in DiMasi's office will be followed by a press conference.
A final summit is scheduled for next week with business leaders from the life sciences, hospital and medical industries and manufacturing sectors.
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