Though and that is the fact that for Unemployment Benefits a large expanded during this downturn during that for obvious reasons as well and its funny when that happens it makes it very difficult to compare the unemployment numbers. Because were doing very Different Things so that you have lost if you have the same as youve been as youve unemployment before and the same kind of benefits what kind of train starting point would we have seen over concourse odds that question but it is clear we are much much higher so it makes a comparison very very difficult but so as long as you have those use that image ability requirements and larger payouts and the covert partial shutdowns of this were going to carol see high unemployment has come through so that is not going to change anytime soon i think as long as this situation goes on will concurrency well especially of these sectors are already struggling and looks like a lot of these employees arent coming back and theyre having more and more l
This event. [inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Hello, hello. Thank you for coming today. We really appreciate you being here. My name is Michael Redman i am the vp of programming for the National Commerce club. It is our first event of 2024. We are very excited to welcome you to this venue for this. Keep an eye out for emails that will be reminding about our next events in person here again in a couple of weeks it will be a very interesting events on fiscal policy in the u. S. And what it all means in the very contentious year for debates. I would also like to thank robin for finding our speaker here today. We are really pleased to welcome mark to present to us. His ideas for 30 minutes or so we will follow it up with q a where you will have your chance to ask a question for just remember every question ends with a . Please stick to that. [laughter] he is the chief economist at moodys analytics. Is a provider of Economic Research and analysis. He is the author of books on the fi
merry almost christmas. it had our names on it. how cool. makes me feel special and grateful to be here. the stockings made me think of it. my sweet mother, 91 years old, make as stocking for every member of our family with our names on it. she just got a great grand baby, cooper, she made one for hip. it s her first great grand baby and we have the new edition, sarah, to our family because my nephew got married and i talked to her last night. i m like what are you doing, mom? i m furiously working on the stockings. the clock is ticking. nicole: i love the holidays because it s all about family being together and reminiscing about old traditions making new traditions. will: i saw this internet meme my wife shared with me from instagram and said whatever it is you re doing, whatever it is you do, i don t know what you do for christmas, that is what your kids will do. so in, you think about, i don t know that we really have that big of traditions but we do every year. wha
Talking. My guests tonight both turned opportunities into tv empires starting with a socalled Ring Master Of Pop Culture, andy cohen. You dont want to miss his hot take on prince harry and why discussing the Real Housewives got him hot under the collar. What do you want to say to me about that, chris . Talk about defensive. I am defensive. And Barefoot Contessa herself. How she almost passed on the biggest break of her life. I said lose my number. I didnt think anybody would want to watch me on tv. I didnt know what they saw. We have two things in common. Do i get a hint . I find cooking really hard. I find it really stressful. Do you feel your life is in danger. The love of my mother brought me here. There is a long list of bad ones. Hes the creative mind behind some of the most viral moments in reality show history sglt. The only thing that is artificial for fake me about, this. Andy cohen oversees bravos biggest hits, about a dozen shows in all. Goes to vladimir putin. While hosting
talking. my guests tonight both turned opportunities into tv empires starting with a so-called ring master of pop culture, andy cohen. you don t want to miss his hot take on prince harry and why discussing the real housewives got him hot under the collar. what do you want to say to me about that, chris? talk about defensive. i am defensive. and barefoot contessa herself. how she almost passed on the biggest break of her life. i said lose my number. i didn t think anybody would want to watch me on tv. i didn t know what they saw. we have two things in common. do i get a hint? i find cooking really hard. i find it really stressful. do you feel your life is in danger. the love of my mother brought me here. there is a long list of bad ones. he s the creative mind behind some of the most viral moments in reality show history sglt . the only thing that is artificial for fake me about, this. andy cohen oversees bravo s biggest hits, about a dozen shows