the only one that is truly sacred, the only truly sacred obligation we have is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home, and when they don t. it s an obligation that unites americans, brings us together, make sure the women and men who were willing to lay down their lives for us in the very best to return. i want to acknowledge we are making progress in key areas, like bipartisan legislation advancing in congress to deliver healthcare services and benefits to veterans and the survivors impacted by toxic exposures. don t know how many americans and service members may have died because of what they are exposed to on the battlefield. toxic smoke from burn pits, burn pits that incinerated the waste of war, hazardous material, jet fuel, so much more. we have a duty to do right by them, and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that served alongside them do not wait
Weve got our forecast down from 1. 7 in april, down to zero point a present. We have already said risks were the downside when we made this forecast was up is down by almost one percentage point. There are number of factors, the continuing crisis in the world that we see and now of course we have the crisis in The Middle East. We have the slowdown in growth in china, we also have high Interest Rates that have continued. We see weak demand across the board for them in most sectors in most geographies. Thats why we cut the forecast. Cut the forecast. How much of this is actual cut the forecast. How much of this is actual policy . Cut the forecast. How much of this is actual policy . Were. This is actual policy . Were hearing from the west this idea of nearshore income of french or income of Rebuilding Supply Chain away from east asia for the friend sharing. How much of this is here to stay and how much of a problem is that . We saw there much of a problem is that . We saw there is much o