<p><span>Thank you, Beth Anne, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today.</span><a title="footnote 1" href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/waller20240520a.htm#fn1"><span>1</span></a><a name="f1"></a><span> I would like to welcome everyone to this Third Conference on the International Roles of the U.S. Dollar, which is jointly organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Reserve Board.</span></p>
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