few of us expected successes would need to refer to it so soon but for all of us, left a copy for jake powell to consult. i recommend for people on this call if they are interested in very book called firefighting which is a summary of the crisis is one called first responders which gets deep into the individual programs. i recommend everyone have a look at it over the next couple weeks. been among other things as interesting as the economic historian. what we are experiencing now, put that in context, give us a sense of what will determine how deep this recession will be, perhaps how long it will last, how effective the fiscal and monetary policy responses been and what is likely to come and whether the covid-19 recession will leave long-lasting scars on the us and global economy. i will turn it over to ben for his remarks after which david wessel will host questions and then it will be instructions on how audience members can ask their own questions so over to you and thank you for joining us. >> thank you for joining us this afternoon. seems like a long time ago but january and february we

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