it has a lot of friends and a lot of support from the imf, world bank, eid, you have bilateral support, multiple different forums that have gathered in order to provide support for ukraine. i would like to provide a sense, i will start with you on levels set. what have we seen so far in terms of support for ukraine in the midst of this horrible war that has been brought about by russia's 2022 invasion? >> thank you for organizing this event especially at this time. there have been a lot of things done in the last few years. the addition, a lot of that. so one of the major things is acceleration of the european union and what we see now is a brutal attack, started in 2004 when ukraine shows the european union sector of development, decided to run away from the soviet union and what ukraine did in the last three years, remarkable in that this was the previous discussion. the second thing, the problem for ukraine now has been approved in march 2023, the first-ever program for the country which is an active war and the problem is on -- under the framework of what we have, fitting but the p

earlier in his career, he worked as an economist at the imf, and he also taught finance at georgetown university. born in columbia, he also lived in brazil and argentina before coming to the u.s. and graduating from the public school system in maryland. he earned his phd in economics at the university of pennsylvania and holds a masters and bachelors degree from the school of economics. with his extensive expertise spanning economic policy, market and investment, it's clear why he's the ideal person for today's keynote. so please join me in welcoming president of the room whistling -- alberto moussa lynn. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. i'd like to thank organizers for the invitation to speak with you today. i look forward to engaging dialogue after first offering some comments on the u.s. economy. let me stress that these are my personal views and not necessarily those of my colleagues. as economists, we have a firm belief in efficiency so i will get straight to the point with four key messages. first, the outlook for continued solid economic growth looks good. the labor mark