Gov. Dewine good afternoon, everyone. Hope everybody had a good weekend. Today i want to talk about where we have been, where we are today, and where we are going in the future in regard to our battle with covid19. But before i do that, i would like to remind all of us, myself included, of three things. And i would ask you to keep these in mind as we talk about this today and as we talk about this in the future. Because i think these three things are very, very important. One, you have done an amazing job. Staying at home, staying apart. The things that we ask you to do, ohioans have stepped up. Candidly, we are where we are today where we can start getting the economy moving, start getting people back to work, we are here because of what you have done. Its mattered. Youve got the job done. Number two, second fact, the coronavirus is still here. Its just as dangerous as it has ever been. Its still living amongst us. I was thinking about this this weekend, and i thought back to when fra
Gov. Dewine good afternoon, everyone. Hope everybody had a good weekend. Today i want to talk about where we have been, where we are today, and where we are going in the future in regard to our battle with covid19. But before i do that, i would like to remind all of us, myself included, of three things. And i would ask you to keep these in mind you have done an amazing job. The things that we ask you to do, ohioans have stepped up. Candidly, we are where we are today where we can start getting the economy moving, start getting people back to work, we are here because of what you have done. Its mattered. Youve got the job done. Number two, second fact, the coronavirus is still here. Its just as dangerous as it has ever been. Its still living amongst us. I was thinking about this this weekend, and i thought back to when fran and i were children growing up. Sunday morning we would go to st. Pauls catholic church, and the nuns taught us, and i remember, it is sheared in my memory, the nuns
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Met with the local councilman and Police Officers multiple times. The last meeting was 10 days ago. Its an insult to our police and firefighters to say its their fault. Thats ridiculous. Feelings, feelings are not always the same as facts. Reporter city leaders say they red tagged the warehouse a few times already. They place the blame on the owner. The owner did not pick up any of my phone calls. The Fire Department is investigating the cause, but the people who lived here believe it may be an electrical fire. They say there were extension cords all over the place. Me thieves are not waiting for packages to hit your porch. A Delivery Driver was held up at gun point in oakland today. Chopper 5 was over the scene about noon at 73rd and doorwood avenues. The driver told police there were 2 suspects, and they had a gun. They stole packages out of the truck. No injuries were reported. A candle light vigil is planned at dublin high this weekend for 3 students killed in a Christmas Day crash
United states and weak business in fixed investment. I sit at the time we should do modest limited adjustment to the fed funds rate. The other thing i was worried about is the curve was inverted and i felt it would be much better if we had an upwardly sloping curve. To me, the curve is a symptom that maybe our adjustments were about right it was not intended to solve these issues but intended to adjust policy in light of these issues. I think the curve being upwardly sloping tells me we are in the right place. Want to move on to the consumer because the fed is putting so much impact on the consumer. Beenl sales have decelerating. A november number was half of what the Consensus Forecast was. Our Bloomberg Economics team expected holiday sales to come in at a gain of 3. 4 , the second weakest of the cycle. What if your main engine of growth is starting to run out of gas . That weakbeen worried Business Investment and weak manufacturing would seep into other parts of the economy. We have