Thank you for that kind introduction. It’s a great honor for me to be addressing members of the Economic Club of New York today, the first time I’m doing so since becoming the Club’s Chair. Today’s event was scheduled to take place in person, and we were really looking forward to the opportunity to come together. But predicting the future is nearly impossible, and here we are meeting virtually. I say it’s “nearly” impossible to predict the future because I plan to share my outlook for the U.S. economy with you all over the next few minutes! We’re not the only ones that expected business to be “more like usual” at ... (full story)