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Welcome to the second day of the policy conference. My name is ilan kolet. Im the head of inflation and Commodities Research at Fidelity Investments in boston. Today, we have the pleasure of hearing the latest views from World Bank President David Malpass. President malpass is the 13th president of the world bank group. A term he began last year. Prior to joining the world bank, he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a Macroeconomics Research firm, and served as the chief economist at bear stearns. While many of us know him now as a policymaker, there is a very long history in private sector macroeconomic analysis. Yesterday, when i was chatting with a retired friend of mine, he mentioned that the best moderators are funny, fluid, and forgettable. With that, president malpass, the floor is yours. That was funny and fluid and everybody will remember it. So you failed. Well, ilan, im very pleased to be here. Ive got some notes, and then ive got som
They are asked if they have any symptoms. If they say no, they give them a hotel key. We just learned from the passenger that no one has been tested from his air force base. There are a number of people testing positive for covid19, increasing. The current number of positive californians totals 157. That number is 24 more than it was just yesterday, roughly 15 . The governor says the state is still monitoring more than 10,000 people who came into the state on commercial flights. Santa clara county has the most, up to 45. 13 in San Francisco and 13 in contra costa county. The other areas have fewer than 10 confirmed case each. The engineer who attended the cyber conference last month tested positive for coronavirus. His wife told Bloomberg News in an email the 25yearold returned home from connecticut on february 28th, seriously ill with respiratory issues in a medically induced coma. A number of official pulled out including at t. It went on anyway. The mayor urged attendees not to be a
Welcome to the second day of the policy conference. Im the ahead of inflation, oddities research and fidelity in boston and today we have the pleasure of hearing the latest views from the 13th president of the World Bank Group determined he began last year prior to joining he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a Macroeconomic Research firm and served as the chief economist while many of us know him now as a policymaker there is a very long history in the private sector economics. When i was chatting with a friend of mine he mentioned the best moderators are funny, fluid and forgettable. With that, the floor is yours. Im very pleased to be here. Ive got some notes and then it is nothing as to tell people about and am looking forward to the conversation and the National Association the meetings were one of my favorite in the 1980s when i was at the Senate Budget committee and the joint Economic Committee select switched on to be back and see some